Gill v Garrett & Ors (No. 2) [2020] NSWSC 1473

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gill v Garrett & Ors (No. 2) [2020] NSWSC 1473 Hearing dates: Decided in chambers on the papers. Date of orders: 23 October 2020 Decision date: 23 October 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Slattery J Decision: Order for indemnity costs made from 10 June 2017. Other consequential orders made. Catchwords: COSTS – indemnity costs – Calderbank letter – whether judgment no less favourable to the defendant than the unaccepted offer – whether the judgment no less favourable to the cross claimant than the unaccepted offer – no question of principle. Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 100 Succession Act 2005, Chapter 3 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, rr 20.26, 42.1, 42.14 and 42.15. Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Gill v Garrett & Ors [2020] NSWSC 795 Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: Jason Adrian Francis Gill First Defendant: Alice Jemima Mary Garrett Second Defendant: Catherine Sarah Jane Garrett Third Defendant: Thomas Peter John Garrett Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff/Cross Defendant: S. Galitsky Defendants/Cross Claimants: E. Glover

Solicitors: Plaintiff/Cross Defendant: Kirk Stewart McKenzie, Haylen McKenzie Solicitor Defendants/Cross Claimants: Michael Paul Carroll, LHD Lawyers File Number(s): 2016/328585 Publication restriction: No