HANCOCK v ARNOLD; DODD v ARNOLD (NO. 2) [2009] NSWCA 19

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: HANCOCK v ARNOLD; DODD v ARNOLD (NO. 2) [2009] NSWCA 19

HEARING DATE(S): On written submissions

JUDGMENT DATE: 20 February 2009

JUDGMENT OF: Ipp JA at 1; McColl JA at 1; Basten JA at 1

(1) Motion dismissed. DECISION: (2) The barrister to pay the solicitors' costs of the motion.

CATCHWORDS: COSTS – offers of compromise – indemnity costs – whether letters contained offers of compromise – invitation to abandon cross-claim – offer to accept judgment on cross-claim without costs order – invitation to enter into release and indemnity – time allowed for acceptance - COSTS – scope of leave given to challenge costs orders - PROCEDURE – entry of judgment – procedure for variation of orders – oral application – power of Court to vary orders after entry – whether order determining claim for relief includes ancillary or consequential relief – Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.11, 36.16

LEGISLATION CITED: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 14 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 36.11, 36.16

CATEGORY: Consequential orders

Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Meredith (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 133 Hancock v Arnold; Dodd v Arnold [2008] NSWCA 254 Herning v GWS Machinery Pty Ltd [No. 2] [2005] NSWCA 375 CASES CITED: Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 85 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Sunlec International Ltd v Carroll Australasia Pty Ltd [2001] WASC 354 Townsend v Townsend (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 145

In matter No. CA 40619/07: Ken Hancock – First Appellant John Hill – Second Appellant Jason Arnold – First Respondent PARTIES: John William Dodd – Second Respondent