Wheelahan v North Coast Area Health Service (No 2) [2008] NSWIRComm 244

Industrial Court of New South Wales

CITATION: Wheelahan v North Coast Area Health Service (No 2) [2008] NSWIRComm 244

APPLICANT: John Wheelahan PARTIES: RESPONDENT: North Coast Area Health Service

FILE NUMBER(S): IRC 3147 of 2005

CORAM: Boland J President

CATCHWORDS: COSTS - UNFAIR CONTRACT - Quantification of applicant's costs - Indemnity costs sought from three dates throughout proceedings - Offer of compromise pursuant to the rules - Principles applied in such circumstances - Indemnity costs denied from date of offer - Two offers of settlement inclusive of costs - Calderbank offer - Whether offer of settlement inclusive of costs may be treated as a Calderbank offer - Reasonableness of respondent to refuse applicant's offers - Indemnity costs denied for both offers.

LEGISLATION CITED: Industrial Relations Act 1996

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