NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117
HEARING DATE(S): 13 February 2008
JUDGMENT DATE: 29 May 2008
JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Hodgson JA at 110
1. Leave to appeal is granted DECISION: 2. Appeal dismissed 3. The appellant is to pay the respondent's costs of the appeal.
CATCHWORDS: COSTS – offers of compromise - refusal of Calderbank offer where offeree receives a less favourable result at trial – whether offer of compromise genuine - whether rejection of offer so unreasonable as to warrant an award of indemnity costs – discretion of court
LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, Pt 42
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Blagojevch v Australian Industrial Relations Commission [200] FCA 483; 98 FCR 45; (2000) 172 ALR 611 Brisbane South Regional Health Authority v Taylor [1996] HCA 25; (1996) 186 CLR 541 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333; [1975] 3 WLR 586 Colgate-Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd [1993] FCA 536; (1993) 46 FCR 225; 118 ALR 248 Donnelly v Edelsten [1994] FCA 992; (1994) 49 FCR 384 Elite Protective Personnel Pty Ltd v Salmon [2007] NSWCA 322 Evans Shire Council v Richardson (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 61 Gretton v The Commonwealth [2005] NSWSC 437 Gretton v The Commonwealth [2007] NSWSC 149 Herning v GWS Machinery Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 375 CASES CITED: Hillier v Sheather (1995) 36 NSWLR 414 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; (1936) 55 CLR 499 Humphries v TWT Ltd (1993) 113 FLR 422 Jones v Bradley (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Malec v JC Hutton Pty Ltd [1990] HCA 20; (1990) 169 CLR 638 Monie v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 15 Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (1996) 138 ALR 425 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Rosniak v Government Insurance Office (1997) 41 NSWLR 608 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 The Commonwealth v Diston [2003] NSWCA 51
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