F & D Normoyle Pty Ltd v Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture & 1 Or; Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture & 1 Or v Z Vranjkovic & 2 Ors [2005] NSWCA 360

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: F & D Normoyle Pty Ltd v Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture & 1 Or; Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture & 1 Or v Z Vranjkovic & 2 Ors [2005] NSWCA 360

HEARING DATE(S): On written submissions.

JUDGMENT DATE: 24 October 2005

JUDGMENT OF: Ipp JA at 1; McColl JA at 2; Bryson JA at 3

DECISION: CA 40679/04 - Direct that the costs orders pronounced on 23 August 2005 be entered CA 40682/04 - Direct that the costs payable to Mr Vranjkovic be assessed on the party and party basis up until 10 February 2005 and on the indemnity basis thereafter.

CATCHWORDS: COSTS - late Calderbank offer - no special order - no question of principle. (In proceedings [2005] NSWCA 193).

District Court Rules LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Rules Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CASES CITED: Calderbank v Calderbank (1975) 3ALL ER333

CA 40679/04 F & D Normoyle Pty Ltd (Appellant) Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture (First Respondent) Bouygues SA t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture (Second Respondent) CA 40682/04 PARTIES: Transfield Pty Ltd t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture (First Appellant) Bouygues SA t/as Transfield Bouygues Joint Venture (Second Appellant) Zarko Vranjkovic (First Respondent) Chadwick Building Systems Pty Ltd (Second Respondent) F & D Normoyle Pty Ltd (Third Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40679/04; CA 40682/04

CA 40679/04 I G Harrison SC/G M Gregg (Appellant) P R Garling SC/A Quinlivan (First & Second Respondents) CA 40682/04 COUNSEL: P R Garling SC/A Quinlivan (First & Second Appellants) G O'L Reynolds SC/J O Anderson (First Respondent) C J Wynyard (Second Respondent) I G Harrison SC/G M Gregg (Third Respondent)