CEG Direct Securities Pty Ltd v Shining Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1562

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: CEG Direct Securities Pty Ltd v Shining Pty Ltd (No 3) [2020] NSWSC 1562 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 5 November 2020 Decision date: 05 November 2020 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Cavanagh J Decision: The third and fourth defendants are entitled to indemnity costs from 23 July 2019. Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Bases of quantification — Indemnity basis — Offers of compromise — Reasonableness of rejecting offers not determinative — Whether exceptional case Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 20.26, 42.14, 42.15, 42.15A Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333; [1975] 3 WLR 586 CEG Direct Securities Pty Ltd v Shining Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 1213 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Evans Shire Council v Richardson (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 61 Houatchanthara v Bednarczyk (Court of Appeal (NSW), 14 October 1996, unrep) Leach v The Nominal Defendant (QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd) (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Maitland Hospital v Fisher (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578; [1998] NSWSC 367 Walker v Harwood [2017] NSWCA 228 Winau Aust Pty Ltd & Ors v LCC Property Development Pty Limited & Ors (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 586 Category: Costs Parties: CEG Direct Securities Pty Ltd (Plaintiff/First Cross-Defendant) Xihai Wang (Third Defendant/Second Cross-Claimant) Hai Rong Li (Fourth Defendant/First Cross-Claimant) Registrar-General of Land Titles (Third Cross-Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Baird (Plaintiff/First Cross-Defendant) D Smallbone (Third and Fourth Defendants/First and Second Cross-Claimants) A Douglas-Baker (Third Cross-Defendant)