Doughty v Hillier (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1484

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Doughty v Hillier (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 1484 Hearing dates: 19 and 20 August 2024 Date of orders: 22 November 2024 Decision date: 22 November 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Faulkner J Decision: (1) Plaintiff's Further Amended Notice of Motion filed on 19 August 2024 is dismissed. (2) Proceedings dismissed. (3) Plaintiff pay the defendant's costs, including the costs of the defendant's Notice of Motion filed on 24 November 2023: (a) upon until 16 September 2023, on the ordinary basis; and (b) thereafter on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS – application for indemnity costs – offer of compromise – whether plaintiff gave proper consideration to limitation problems with her claims Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 56(3), 98(1) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 18A. 50C, 50D, 50F, 52, 60G, 60I, 62A Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 42.1 Cases Cited: Crump & Ors v Equine Nutrition Systems Pty Ltd trading as Horsepower & Anor (No 2) [2007] NSWSC 25 Doughty v Hillier [2024] NSWSC 1220 Eastern Sydney Area Health Service v King [2006] NSWCA 2 Evans Shire Council v Richardson (No. 2) [2006] NSWCA 61 Herning v GWS Machinery Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 375 Melchior and Ors v Sydney Adventist Hospital Ltd and Anor (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 65 South Eastern Sydney Health Service v King [2006] NSWCA 2 Vagg v McPhee (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 187 Category: Costs Parties: Vicki Maree Doughty (Plaintiff) Terrence Hillier (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Hillier (Plaintiff) J Downing SC (Defendant)