Manefield v Child Care NSW (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 104

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Manefield v Child Care NSW (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 104 Hearing dates: 7 February 2011 Decision date: 08 March 2011 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Kirby J Decision: Defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs on an indemnity basis from the commencement of the action Catchwords: COSTS - Indemnity costs application - Concerns notice under the Defamation Act before litigation, identifying imputations - Settlement offers - s 40 Defamation Act 2005 - Whether defendant unreasonably failed to make or accept offer Legislation Cited: Defamation Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Defamation Act 1974 Cases Cited: Manefield v Child Care NSW [2010] NSWSC 1420 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 6 Davis v Nationwide News Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 946 Timms v Clift [1998] 2 Qd R 100 Roache v News Group Newspapers Ltd [1992] TLR 551 Assaf v Skalkos [2000] NSWSC 935 Skalkos v Assaf (No 2) [2002] NSWCA 236 Carson v John Fairfax & Sons Limited (1993) 178 CLR 44 Roberts v Bass [2002] HCA 57; (2002) 212 CLR 1 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333; [1975] 3 WLR 586 Justice M J Beazley, "Calderbank Offers" (2009) Summer 2008/2009 Bar News 65 Category: Costs Parties: Bruce Manefield (Plaintiff) Association of Quality Child Care Centres of NSW Incorporated trading as Child Care NSW (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr R de Meyrick (Plaintiff) Mr J S Wheelhouse SC (Defendant) Solicitors: Paris J Carr & Associates (Plaintiff) Guild Legal Limited (Defendant) File Number(s): 2009/297613