Kramer v Stone (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 298

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Kramer v Stone (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 298 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 11 December 2023 Decision date: 11 December 2023 Before: Ward P; Leeming JA; Kirk JA Decision: 1. The application for a special costs order is dismissed, with no order as to the costs of that application. Catchwords: COSTS – party/party – appeals – where offer made before appeal hearing – whether the offer reflected genuine compromise – whether unreasonable for appellants not to accept the offer Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.15A Cases Cited: Abdi v Abdi (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 582 DSHE Holdings (Receivers & Managers appointed) (in liq) v Nicholas Abboud (No 4); National Australia Bank Ltd v Nicholas Abboud (No 5) [2022] NSWSC 91 Kramer v Stone [2023] NSWCA 270 Leach v Nominal Defendant (QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd) (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Port Kembla Coal Terminal Ltd v Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (New South Wales Branch) (No 2) (2014) 88 NSWLR 471; [2014] NSWIC 3 Taheri v Vitek (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 344 Category: Costs Parties: Hilary Lorraine Kramer (First Appellant) Jaime Ferrer (Second Appellant) David Lindsay Stone (Respondent) Representation: Counsel: R Wilson SC with M McGirr (Appellants) L Ellison SC with H Bennett (Respondent)