Jay & Anor v Petrikas & Ors (No.5) [2023] NSWDC 7

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Jay & Anor v Petrikas & Ors (No.5) [2023] NSWDC 7 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 30 January 2023 Decision date: 30 January 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 36 Catchwords: COSTS – indemnity costs - non-acceptance of rules offer and Calderbank offers – whether rules offer compliant with rules – whether Court should 'otherwise order' – Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.15A Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) ss 56-60 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 20.26, 36.15, 42.1, 42.15A Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank (1975) 3 All ER 333 Jay & Anor v Petrikas & Ors (No.2) [2021] NSWDC 512 Jay & Anor v Petrikas & Ors (No.4) [2022] NSWDC 628 Jojeni Investments Pty Ltd v Mosman Municipal Council (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 208 Leach v Nominal Defendant (QBE) Insurance (Aust) Ltd (No.2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Maitland Hospital v Fisher [No.2] (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 Messiter v Hutchinson (1987) 10 NSWLR 525 Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578 Noon v Bondi Beach Astra Retirement Village Pty Ltd (No.2) [2010] NSWCA 285 South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service v King [2006] NSWCA 2 Walker v Harwood [2017] NSWCA 228 Category: Costs Parties: Mr G Jay (first plaintiff) Mr J Peters (second plaintiff) Mr C Petrikas (first defendant) Mr D Ryan (second defendant) Mr I Wedge (third defendant) Ms K Hodges (fourth defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Brennan SC with Mr T Crispin for the plaintiffs Mr M Richardson SC with Mr T Senior for the defendants