Bentancur v Mammoliti (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 286

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Bentancur v Mammoliti (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 286 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 15 July 2024 Decision date: 15 July 2024 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph [74] Catchwords: COSTS – plaintiff's application for partial order for indemnity costs based on defendant's rejection of either Calderbank offer or rules offer – whether unreasonable for defendant to reject Calderbank offer – whether rules offer invalidated for want of compliance with r 20.26(5)(b) of Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98(1) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 20.26, 42.14 Cases Cited: Bentancur v Mammoliti [2024] NSWDC 201 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Cessnock City Council v 123 259 932 Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 17 Chaina v Alvaro Homes Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 353 Commonwealth v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Hagerty v Hills Central Pty Ltd (No.2) [2018] NSWCA 279 Patterson & Anor v Mamou t/as De Novo Conveyancing (No.2) [2024] NSWDC 75 Re Earth Civil Australia [2021] NSWSC 1161 Texts Cited: J Hamilton, G Lindsay and C Webster New South Wales Civil Procedure Handbook 2023 (Lawbook Co, 2023) Category: Costs Parties: Mr Danys Bentancur (Plaintiff) Mr Giovanni John Mammoliti (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr T Cleary (Plaintiff) Ms C Langford (Defendant)