NSW Caselaw
Industrial Court of New South Wales
CITATION: Domanko v Business Catalyst International Pty Ltd (No 3) [2010] NSWIRComm 54
Robert Domanko (Applicant) Business Catalyst International Pty Ltd (In Liq) (First Respondent) PARTIES: Zia Qureshi (Second Respondent) Business Catalyst Consulting Pty Ltd (Third Respondent) Business Catalyst (Hong Kong) Ltd (Fourth Respondent)
FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 581 of 2005
CORAM: Staff J
CATCHWORDS: COSTS - s 106 unfair contract proceedings - discretion to award proportion of a party's costs - relevant principles to be applied in departing from general rule that costs follow the event - applicant succeeded overall in proceedings although not in respect of all claims of unfairness - offers of compromise made - counter offers made and rejected - Calderbank offer - costs follow the event - applicant entitled to costs of proceedings - Industrial Relations Act 1996 s 181
LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996
Alamdo Holdings Pty Limited v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 7 Archer v Archer (No 2) [2000] NSWCA 315 Brown v Rezitis (1970) 127 CLR 157 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Domanko v Business Catalyst International Pty Ltd and anor [2008] NSWIRComm 120 Domanko v Business Catalyst International Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWIRComm 219 Elite Protection Personnel Pty Ltd v Salmon [2007] NSWCA 322 CASES CITED: Elite Protective Personnel Pty Ltd & Anor v Salmon (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 373 James v Surf Road Nominees (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 296 McFadzean & Ors v Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union & Ors [2007] VSCA 289 Patrick Stevedores No 1 Pty Ltd v Kilkelly [2004] NSWCA 237 Ruddock and Others v Vadarlis and Others (No 2) (2001) 115 FCR 229 Smallacombe v Lockyer Investments Co Pty Ltd (1993) 42 FCR 97 Twohill v Mental As Anything Touring Pty Ltd and ors (No 2) [2008] NSWIRComm 75 Turkmani v Visvalingam (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 279 Walter Construction v Walker Corporation [2001] NSWSC 359
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