Gideon Rathner as trustee for Garland Lot 4 Unit Trust v Bartlett (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 1166

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Gideon Rathner as trustee for Garland Lot 4 Unit Trust v Bartlett (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 1166 Hearing dates: On the papers Decision date: 28 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Technology and Construction List Before: Ball J Decision: The defendants' notice of motion filed on 11 September 2023 be dismissed with costs Catchwords: COSTS — Party/Party — Bases of quantification — Indemnity basis — Calderbank offer — "Walk away" offers — Offers were not genuine offers of compromise Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Gideon Rathner as trustee for Garland Lot 4 Unit Trust v Bartlett [2023] NSWSC 1026 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) [2005] VSCA 298; 13 VR 435 Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd v Union Insurance Co Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Tati v Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 124 Category: Costs Parties: Gideon Rathner as trustee for Garland Lot 4 Unit Trust (Plaintiff | First Cross Defendant) Philip Bartlett (First Defendant) Janet Pennington (Second Defendant) P&J Projects Pty Ltd (Third Defendant | Cross Claimant) Australian Securities & Investments Commission (Second Cross Defendant) Representation: Counsel: SA Lawrance SC with A Campbell (Plaintiff | First Cross Defendant)