Vickers v Taccone [2005] NSWSC 646

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Vickers v Taccone [2005] NSWSC 646

HEARING DATE(S) : 22 and 24 June 2005

JUDGMENT DATE : 30 June 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Hamilton J

DECISION : No order for costs on an indemnity basis. Sanderson order made in respect of successful defendant's costs.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE [558] - Costs - General rule - Costs follow the event - Co-defendants - General principles - Bullock orders and Sanderson orders - Relevant principles - PROCEDURE [574] - Costs - Departing from the general rule - Orders for costs on indemnity basis - Relevant considerations - Calderbank letter and other offers of compromise - Hopelessness of plaintiffs' case - Whether plaintiff's conduct reasonable.

Supreme Court Rules 1970 Part 20 r 10 LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 82

Aghajanian v Stanley Thompson Valuers Pty Ltd [1997] NSWSC 1154 Birch v Glissen Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 337 Bullock v London General Omnibus Co [1907] 1 KB 264 Drummond v Drummond [1999] NSWSC 923 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 Gould v Vaggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215 Grynberg v Muller [2002] NSWSC 350 Huntsman Chemical Company Australia Pty Ltd v International Pools Australia Ltd (1995) 36 NSWLR 242 CASES CITED : MGICA (1992) Pty Ltd v Kenny & Good Pty Ltd (1996) 70 FCR 236 Re Commonwealth of Australia; Ex parte Marks (2000) 75 ALJR 470 Rickard Constructions v Rickard Hails Moretti [2005] NSWSC 481 Roads and Traffic Authority (NSW) v Snape (1999) 28 MVR 423 Sanderson v Blyth Theatre Company [1903] 2 KB 533 Steppke v National Capital Development Commission (1978) 21 ACTR 23 Van Doore v Mendez NSWSC 30 June 1997 unreported Vickers v Taccone [2005] NSWSC 514 Vickers v Taccone [2005] NSWSC 578