NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd (No. 3) [2010] NSWSC 1479
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 November 2010, 10 December 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 22 December 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Slattery J at 1
DECISION : See paragraphs 30 and 31 of judgment.
CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - Costs - indemnity costs - plaintiffs successful - defendants engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct - plaintiff claims indemnity costs - claims defendants' case unmeritorious and conducted in wilful disregard of known facts - plaintiff claims outcome exceeded Calderbank offer - HELD - indemnity costs awarded but only on basis of Calderbank letter.
Civil Liabilty Act 2002 (NSW), Part 4 LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98(1)(c) Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW), ss 41, 42 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), ss 51A, 52
CATEGORY : Consequential orders
Auswest Timbers Pty Ltd v Secretary to the Department of Sustainability and Environment [2010] VSC 513 Baillieu Knight Frank (NSW) Pty Ltd v Ted Manny Real Estate Pty Limited (1992) 30 NSWLR 359 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Degman Pty Limted (in liquidation) v Wright (No. 2) (1983) 2 NSWLR 354 Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 Harrison v Schipp; Cameron v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 CASES CITED : Hypec Electronics Pty Limited (in liquidation) v Mead; BL & GY International v Hypec Electronics Pty Ltd (in liq) (2004) 61 NSWLR 169 In Re Wilcox; Venture Industries Pty Limited (No 2) (1996) 72 FCR 151 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Ohn v Walton (1995) 36 NSWLR 77 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 NMFM Property Pty Limited v Citibank (No 11) (2001) 109 FCR 77 Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 963 Ventouris Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dib Group Pty Ltd (No.2) [2010] NSWSC 1317
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