PRITCHARD v TRIUS CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LIMITED & Ors [No 2] [2011] NSWSC 1114

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: PRITCHARD v TRIUS CONSTRUCTIONS PTY LIMITED & Ors [No 2] [2011] NSWSC 1114 Hearing dates: 11 August 2011 Decision date: 19 September 2011 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: HOEBEN J Decision: 1. Prejudgment interest to be calculated in accordance with s18 CLA. 2. Document of 10 May 2011 was an Offer of Compromise in accordance with Part 20 rule 20.26 UCPR. Catchwords: PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - personal injury damages paid by defendant to plaintiff - claim for contribution pursuant to s5(1)(c) Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 by defendant against employer - claim for contribution successful - whether pre-judgment interest payable on contribution should be calculated under s18 Civil Liability Act 2002 or s101 Civil Procedure Act 2005. COSTS - whether offer operated as an offer of compromise under Pt 20 r 20.26 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 - whether offer was "exclusive of costs" - meaning of words "exclusive of costs" in Pt 20 r 20.26(2) UCPR. Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1946 Motor Accidents Act 1988 Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank (1975) 3 WLR 586 Dean v Stockland Property Management Pty Ltd & Anor (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 141 Firth v Sutton [2010] NSWCA 90 Frisbo Holdings Pty Ltd v Austin Australia Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWSC 298 Howard Rotavator Pty Limtied v Wilson (1987) 8 NSWLR 498 Kwanchi Pty Ltd v Kocsis (1996) 40 NSWLR 270 Penrith Rugby League Club Ltd t/as Cardiff Panthers v Elliot (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 356 Pritchard v Trius Constructions Pty Limited & Ors [2011] NSWSC 749 Tarabay v Fifty Property Investments Pty Ltd [2009] NSWSC 951 Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust & Anor v Becker & Anor (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 194 Westpac Corporation v Tomassian (1992) 32 NSWLR 207 Category: Costs Parties: Terrence Stephen Pritchard - Plaintiff Trius Constructions Pty Limited - First Defendant Oceanic Coal Australia Pty Ltd - Second Defendant Oceanic Coal Australia Pty Ltd - Cross-Claimant Trius Constructions Pty Limited - Cross-Defendant Representation: Mr J Sleight - Cross-Claimant Mr D Lloyd - Cross-Defendant MRM Lawyers - Cross-Claimant Wotton & Kearney - Cross Defendant File Number(s): 2010/00064178