Halil v NSW Land and Housing Corporation (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 212

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Halil v NSW Land and Housing Corporation (No 3) [2024] NSWSC 212 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 06 March 2024 Decision date: 06 March 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Chen J Decision: (1) Dismiss the plaintiff's application to vary the costs order of 10 July 2023. (2) Dismiss the plaintiff's application to vary the costs order of 22 December 2023. (3) Vary order 3 made on 22 December 2023 and in lieu thereof: (a) order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of the proceedings in this Court up to and including 2 August 2023 on the ordinary basis and thereafter on an indemnity basis. (4) Direct that the Registrar of the Court send by post a copy of these reasons for judgment to the plaintiff. Catchwords: COSTS – party/party – self-represented litigant – where unsuccessful plaintiff alleged multiple grounds for an exception to general rule that costs follow the event – where defendant sought indemnity costs on the basis of "walk-away offer" in Calderbank letter Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: BTM1 v Scout Association of Australia New South Wales Branch (No.2) [2023] NSWSC 806 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Douglas v John Fairfax & Sons Ltd [1983] 3 NSWLR 126 DSHE Holdings (Receivers & Managers Appointed)(In Liquidation) v Nicholas Abboud (No 4); National Australia Bank Limited v Nicholas Abboud (No 5) [2022] NSWSC 91 Halil v NSW Land and Housing Corporation (No 2) [2023] NSWSC 1646 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) (2005) 13 VR 435; [2005] VSCA 298 Jaycar Pty Limited v Lombardo [2011] NSWCA 284 Johnson v Mackinnon (No 2) [2022] NSWCA 22 Kramer v Stone (No 2) [2023] NSWCA 298 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Majak v Rose (No 5) [2017] NSWCA 238 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Northern Territory v Sangare (2019) 265 CLR 164 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Walker v Harwood [2017] NSWCA 228 Waterhouse v Independent Commission Against Corruption (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 362 Waterman v Gerling Australia Insurance Co Pty Ltd (Costs) [2005] NSWSC 1111 Ziegler as trustee for the Doris Gayst Testamentary Trust v Cenric Group Pty Ltd [2020] NSWCA 85 Category: Costs Parties: Hifsiye Halil (plaintiff) NSW Land and Housing Corporation (defendant) Representation: Counsel: S Murray (defendant)