Hofer v Howell Developments Pty Limited [No. 2] [2001] NSWLEC 42

Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

CITATION : Hofer v Howell Developments Pty Limited [No. 2] [2001] NSWLEC 42 APPLICANT: Victoria Hofer PARTIES : RESPONDENT: Howell Developments Pty Limited FILE NUMBER(S) : 30218 of 1999 CORAM: Lloyd J KEY ISSUES: Costs :- indemnity costs - Calderbank letters -costs in proceedings under the Encroachment of Buildings Act 1922 Encroahment of Buildings Act 1922 s 14 LEGISLATION CITED: Land and Environment Court Act 1979 s 69 Supreme Court Rules Pt 52, r 17(4) Droga & Ors v Proprietors of Strata Plan 51722, NSWLEC, Bignold J, 28 November 1997, unreported; Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Limited v International Produce Merchants Pty Limited & Ors (1988) 81 ALR 397; Hofer v Howell Developments Pty Limited [2000] NSWLEC 191, unreported; MGICA (1992) Limited v Kenny & Good Pty Limited [No. 4] (1996) 140 ALR 707; CASES CITED: Multicon Engineering Pty Limited v Federal Airports Corporation (1996) 138 ALR 425; Nobrega v Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Sydney [No. 2] [1999] NSWCA 133; Port Stephens Council v Randell [2000] NSWLEC 169; Re Wilcox; Ex parte Venture Industries Pty Limited (1996) 141 ALR 727; Rosniak v GIO (1997) 41 NSWLR 608; Sanko Steamship Company Limited v Sumioto Australia Limited, Federal Court, Sheppard J, 7 February 1996, unreported DATES OF HEARING: 01/11/2000 DATE OF JUDGMENT: 03/21/2001