Bonanno v Finamore (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 24

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Bonanno v Finamore (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 24 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 22 February 2023 Decision date: 22 February 2023 Before: Ward P; Macfarlan JA; Basten AJA Decision: Vary order (2) made on 20 December 2022 so that it provides: (2) Dismiss the appeal with costs, such costs (including the costs of the motion to vary this order) to be assessed on the ordinary basis up to and including 23 August 2022 and thereafter on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE - appeal - costs - indemnity costs - application to vary costs order - offer of compromise - whether benefit foregone - offer not accepted - offeror successful on appeal - application for indemnity costs - whether court should otherwise order Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 20.26, 42.15A, 51.47, 51.48 Cases Cited: Bonanno v Finamore [2022] NSWCA 276 Fabre v Liu (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 312 Leach v The Nominal Defendant (QBE Insurance (Aust) Ltd) (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 368 Ryan v Workers Compensation Nominal Insurer (No 2) [2020] NSWCA 129 Category: Costs Parties: Salvatore Antonio Bonanno (Appellant) Nicola Finamore (First Respondent) Weisen Zhou (Second Respondent) Representation: Counsel: G Foster (Appellant) D Woods (Respondents)

Solicitors: Phillip A Wilkins & Associates (Appellant) LegalVision (Respondents) File Number(s): 2022/186533; 2022/254111 Decision under appeal Court or tribunal: Supreme Court Jurisdiction: Equity Citation: [2021] NSWSC 1558 [2022] NSWSC 641 Date of Decision: 01 December 2021 Before: Robb J File Number(s): 2015/228434