Pirrottina v Pirrottina (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1053

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Pirrottina v Pirrottina (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1053 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 9 September 2024 Decision date: 09 September 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Rees J Decision: Indemnity costs ordered from Calderbank offer. Catchwords: NOTICE TO ADMIT FACTS – purpose – cost incentives – principles at [33]-[38] – not entitled to indemnity costs before date of notice – Kohari v NSW Trustee followed. COSTS – dissolution of partnership – principles at [52]. CALDERBANK OFFERS – whether complexity of proceedings precluded acceptance of offer or indemnity costs for non-acceptance – principles at [55], [69]-[72] – multi-issue proceedings may require a complicated offer to resolve all aspects of the dispute – whether offeree achieved better outcome than offer – whether unreasonable to reject offer – complex inquiry – at the time of the offer, offeree did not even dispute offeror's evidence on key issue on which other issues would likely turn – indemnity costs ordered. Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 17.3, 42.8 Cases Cited: Alves v Patel [2005] NSWSC 841 Bryant v Hawkesbury Radio Communication Co-operative Society Ltd [2014] NSWSC Buzzle Operations Pty Ltd (in liq) v Apple Computer Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 490 CGU Insurance Ltd v Corrections Corp of Australia Staff Superannuation Ltd [2008] FCAFC 173 Curac v Morey-Hype [2006] NSWSC 1171 ET Petroleum Holdings Pty Ltd v Clarenden Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 562 Evans Shire Council v Richardson (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 61 Kohari v NSW Trustee & Guardian (No 3) [2017] NSWSC 1431 Kvaerner Oil & Gas Australia Pty Ltd v Egis Consulting Australia Ltd [2003] NSWSC 75 LMI Australasia Pty Ltd v Baulderstone Hornibrook Pty Ltd (No 2) [2002] NSWSC 72 Meadow Gem Pty Ltd v ANZ Executors and Trustees (Supreme Court (Vic), Byrne J, 11 June 1996, unrep) Millane v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 1023 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 at [19] Owners Corporation Strata Plan 61288 v Brookfield Multiplex Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1586 Pirrottina v Pirrottina [2024] NSWSC 558 Radovanovic v Stekovic [2024] NSWCA 129 Re Heavy Plant Leasing Pty Ltd [2017] NSWSC 1835 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622 Category: Costs Parties: Rocco Pirrottina (Plaintiff) Saverio Pirrottina (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: C Wood SC / J Hart (Plaintiff) M Ashhurst SC / K Dyon (Defendant)