Rae v Beddison Corporation Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 178

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Rae v Beddison Corporation Pty Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 178

HEARING DATE(S) : 2, 3 and 4 February 2009

JUDGMENT DATE : 20 March 2009

JUDGMENT OF : Harrison J

DECISION : 1. Judgment for the plaintiff for $235,206.97 together with interest on the sum of $158,878.85 from 17 February 2009. 2. Order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs.

CATCHWORDS : COSTS – application for costs order – defendant's contention that proceedings commenced in wrong jurisdiction – whether costs in Supreme Court are more substantial than equivalent costs in District Court - COSTS – indemnity costs – offer of compromise – whether circumstances when offer made different to circumstances prevailing at hearing – circumstances different – indemnity costs refused

Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Legal Profession Act 2004 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

CATEGORY : Consequential orders

Ainger v Coffs Harbour City Council (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 212 Herning v GWS Machinery Pty Ltd (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 375 Mid-City Skin Cancer & Laser Centre v Zahedi-Anarak [2006] NSWSC 1149 CASES CITED : Motor Trade Finances Prestige Leasing Pty Ltd v Elderslie Finance Corporation Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1446 Rolls Royce Industrial Power (Pacific) Ltd (formerly John Thompson (Australia) Pty Ltd) v James Hardie & Coy Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 461; (2001) 53 NSWLR 626 TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Anning [2002] NSWCA 82; (2002) 54 NSWLR 333 Tickell v Trifleska Pty Ltd (1990) 25 NSWLR 353

PARTIES : Wendy Florence Rae (Plaintiff) Beddison Corporation Pty Ltd (Defendant)