NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Leslie Gaskin v Matthew Ollerenshaw [2010] NSWSC 874
HEARING DATE(S) : In the papers
JUDGMENT DATE : 6 August 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Garling J
DECISION : Order for the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs on an ordinary basis up to and including 29 July 2009, and on an indemnity basis from 30 July 2009.
CATCHWORDS : COSTS – Offer of compromise – Calderbank letter – Not unreasonable to refuse offer – Offer of compromise under UCPR, r 20.26 – Offer not accepted - Whether any basis for Court to "otherwise order" – Whether exceptional circumstances established by offeree – Order for indemnity costs assessed from date of the offer of compromise under UCPR, r 20.26.
Civil Procedure Act 2005 LEGISLATION CITED : Evidence Act 1995 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005
CATEGORY : Consequential orders
Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Elite Protective Personnel Pty Ltd v Salmon [2007] NSWCA 322 Gaskin v Ollerenshaw [2010] NSWSC 791 Hillier v Sheather (1995) 36 NSWLR 414 Jones v Bradley (No. 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 CASES CITED : Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Maitland Hospital v Fisher [No.2] (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 Melchior & Ors v Sydney Adventist Hospital & Anor [2009] NSWSC 65 Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578 Shellharbour City Council v Johnson [No.2] (2006) 67 NSWLR 308 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 Wills v Bigmac Pty Ltd & Anor (Federal Court of Australia, Heerey J, 9 December 1994, unreported)
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