Scott v Bodley (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 47

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Scott v Bodley (No 3) [2023] NSWDC 47 Hearing dates: 03 March 2023 Date of orders: 08 March 2023 Decision date: 08 March 2023 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of these proceedings on the ordinary basis up to 8 August 2022 and thereafter on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS – defamation proceedings – plaintiff fails to establish serious harm – Calderbank offers and offers to make amends – whether costs should be ordered on an indemnity basis Legislation Cited: Civil Dispute Resolutions Act 2011 (Cth) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Defamation Act 2005 (NSW), ss 10A, 11, 12A, 12B, 18, 40 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 43 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 28.2 Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Colagrande v Kim (No 2) [2022] FCA 659 Crosby v Kelly (2012) 203 FCR 451 Dutton v Bazzi (No 2) [2021] FCA 1560 Eustice v Channel Seven Adelaide Pty Ltd (No 2) [2020] SASC 35 Georges v Georges; Georges v Georges [2022] NSWDC 558 Hayson v The Age Company Pty Ltd (No 3) 280 FCR 139 Hematite Petroleum Pty Ltd v Victoria (1983) 151 CLR 599 Hennessy v Lynch (No 4) [2008] NSWDC 15 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Massoud v Nationwide News Pty Ltd; Massoud v Fox Sports Australia Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCA 150 Murphy v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (No 2) [2021] FCA 432 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Vass (2018) 98 NSWLR 672 Nationwide News Pty Ltd v Zoef (No 2) [2017] NSWCA 2 Palmer v McGowan (No 6) (2022) 405 ALR 462 R v Hughes (2000) 202 CLR 535 Re Wakim (1999) 198 CLR 511; (1999) 73 ALJR 839; 163 ALR 270 Scott v Bodley [2022] NSWDC 459 Scott v Bodley (No 2) [2022] NSWDC 651 Stead v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (2021) 387 ALR 123 Tickell v Trifleska Pty Ltd (1990) 25 NSWLR 353 Wagner & Ors v Nine Network Australia & Ors [2019] QSC 284 Wing v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (2017) 255 FCR 61 Zoef v Nationwide News Pty Ltd (2016) 92 NSWLR 570 Texts Cited: M Douglas, C Graville and R Carroll in The Evolution and Devolution of the Offer to Make Amends Regime in Australian Defamation Law, 2023 UNSW Law Journal Category: Costs Parties: Dale Scott (plaintiff) Bettina Bodley (defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr Senior (defendant)