Baxter Global Investments Pty Ltd (ACN 159 246 670) v Marco (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1487

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Baxter Global Investments Pty Ltd (ACN 159 246 670) v Marco (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1487 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 27 November 2020 Decision date: 27 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Henry J Decision: Plaintiffs' application for indemnity costs order refused. Catchwords: COSTS – indemnity costs – whether unreasonable for defendants not to accept Calderbank offer – reasonableness of period of time offer open for acceptance – where terms of offer raised question of capacity to accept – held not unreasonable to refuse offer – whether defendants engaged in disentitling conduct to warrant indemnity costs orders from later dates – held plaintiffs not established defendants' conduct was unreasonable – indemnity costs orders refused Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56, 98(1)(a)(c) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 42.1, 42.2 Cases Cited: Baulderstone Hornibrook Engineering Pty Limited v Gordian Runoff Limited (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 12 Baxter Global Investments Pty Ltd (ACN 159 246 670) v Marco [2020] NSWSC 1293 Bookarelli Pty Ltd v Katanga Developments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 94 Cabport Pty Ltd v Marinchek (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 131 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225; [1993] FCA 801 Ghougassian v Fairfax Community Newspapers Pty Limited [2015] NSWCA 307 Hamod v New South Wales [2002] FCA 424; [2002] FCAFC 97 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) (2005) 13 VR 435; [2005] VSCA 298 HOOSH Inc (Haberfield out of school hours) v State of New South Wales [2017] NSWSC 379 Hunter v Roberts (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 235 Jones v Bradley (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 85 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Markopoulus v Marco [2020] WASC 79 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72; [1998] HCA 11 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Costs Parties: Baxter Global Investments Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Batchelar Group Investments Pty Ltd as trustee for Batchelar Group Super (Second Plaintiff)