Radovanovic v Stekovic [2024] NSWCA 129

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Radovanovic v Stekovic [2024] NSWCA 129 Hearing dates: 2 May 2024 Date of orders: 30 May 2024 Decision date: 30 May 2024 Before: Meagher JA at [1]; Gleeson JA at [2]; Payne JA at [3] Decision: (1) Appeal dismissed. (2) Appellant to pay the respondents' costs. Catchwords: CONTRACTS — formation — acceptance of Calderbank offer — whether parties reached binding agreement to settle proceedings — meaning of "without prejudice save as to costs" — where settlement agreement contemplated execution of deed — whether entry into deed was a condition precedent — whether settlement agreement incomplete due to missing key term — whether entry into Calderbank offer indicated intention immediately to be bound Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Uniform Law (NSW) s 138 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 20.26 Cases Cited: Air Great Lakes Pty Ltd v K S Easter (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 309 Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v G R Securities Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 622 Booker Industries Pty Ltd v Wilson Parking (Qld) Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 600; [1982] HCA 53 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Equuscorp Pty Ltd v Glengallan Investments Pty Ltd (2004) 218 CLR 471; [2004] HCA 55 Ermogenous v Greek Orthodox Community of SA Inc (2002) 209 CLR 95; [2002] HCA 8 Godecke v Kirwan (1973) 129 CLR 629 G R Securities Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 631 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Narayan v Narayan [2022] NSWSC 1685 Ofria v Cameron (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 242 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (2015) 90 NSWLR 605; [2015] NSWCA 313 Stellar Vision Operations Pty Ltd v Hills Health Solutions Pty Ltd [2023] NSWCA 102 Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust v Becker (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 194 Von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg v Alexander [1912] 1 Ch 284 Wilson v Gilles [2020] NSWSC 657 Wong v Wong [2022] FCA 78 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Goran Radovanovic (appellant) Milivoj Stekovic (first respondent) Jovanka Stekovic (second respondent) Representation: Counsel: L Collaris (appellant) A Davis (respondents)