Stuart Pty Limited v Condor Commercial Insulation Pty Limited (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 379

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Stuart Pty Limited v Condor Commercial Insulation Pty Limited (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 379

HEARING DATE(S): On written submissions

JUDGMENT DATE: 20 December 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Beazley JA at 1; Ipp JA at 1; Tobias JA at 1

DECISION: The parties are to bring in short minutes of order to accord with these reasons and with the reasons in Stuart Pty Limited v Condor Commercial Insulation Pty Limited [2006] NSWCA 334, to be filed in the Registry by 22 January 2007.

CATCHWORDS: COSTS – application by respondent for indemnity costs – whether some good cause to depart from ordinary rule of costs following the event – offer of compromise made by respondent prior to trial but not later renewed – appellant abandoned certain arguments on appeal

District Court Rules 1973 (NSW) Pt 19A, Pt 39A LEGISLATION CITED: Supreme Court Rules 1970 (NSW) Pt 52A r 11 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 42.1

Baresic v Slingshot Holdings Pty Limited & Anor (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 160 Brymount Pty Limited t/as Watson Toyota v Cummins & Anor (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 69 Fotheringham v Fotheringham [No 2] (1999) 46 NSWLR 194; [1999] NSWCA 21 CASES CITED: Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 Ex 341 Moore v Woodforth (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 46 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 South Sydney Council v Morris (No 3) [2001] NSWCA 200

PARTIES: Stuart Pty Limited (Appellant) Condor Commercial Insulation Pty Limited (Respondent)

FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40455/05

COUNSEL: J West QC; J Stephenson (Appellant) B Coles QC; P Barham (Respondent)