McGlen-McLeod v Galloway (No. 2) [2012] NSWDC 11

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: McGlen-McLeod v Galloway (No. 2) [2012] NSWDC 11 Hearing dates: 31 January and 20 February 2012 Decision date: 20 February 2012 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Defendants' application for indemnity costs dismissed. (2) Defendants' application pursuant to UCPR Part 42 r 42.35 (for no orders as to costs) dismissed. (3) Defendants pay the costs of this application. Catchwords: COSTS - indemnity costs - offer of compromise "plus costs" - whether offer invalid under the UCPR as not exclusive of costs (r 20.26(2)) - whether defendants should be ordered to pay any costs where the judgment sum was below the threshold (r 42.35) - whether proceedings commenced and continued in the "appropriate court" Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 20.26 and 42.35 Cases Cited: Agricultural & Rural Finance Pty Ltd v Atkinson [2010] NSWSC 1396 Brakikki Pty Limited v Gofur (No 2) [2011] NSWDC 199 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (No 2) (2011) 278 ALR 129, [2011] NSWCA 6 Dean v Stockland Property Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA141 Edwards v Devine (No 2) [2011] NSWDC 3 Grbavac v Hart [1997] 1 VR 154 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian Workcover Authority (No 2) (2005) 13 VR 435 Insurance Australia Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Checchia [2011] NSWCA 101 Jones v Sutton (No 2) [2005] NSWCA 203 Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd v Arthur Dent (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 33 Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578 Nominal Defendant v Hawkins [2011] NSWCA 93 Old v McInnes [2011] NSWCA 410 Pacanowski v Simon Wakeman & Associates (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 40 Pritchard v Trius Constructions Pty Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWSC 1114 Rosebanner Pty Ltd v EnergyAustralia (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 150 Separovich v Ferrao (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 346 Smart Distribution Services Pty Ltd v General Wholesale Pty Ltd (No 3) (2010) 11 DCLR (NSW) 38; [2010] NSWDC 108 South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service v King [2006] NSWCA 2 Stevanovic v Mcindoe (Costs) [2011] NSWDC 43 Tasevska v Tasevska [2011] NSWSC 411 Taylor v Port Macquarie-Hastings Council [2010] NSWLEC 153 Tuheta Pty Ltd v Ehrenfeld [2010] NSWSC 799 Wako Kwikform v Jabbour [2011] NSWSC 1328 Ying v Song [2011] NSWSC 618 Texts Cited: - Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: Anne McGlen-McLeod First Defendant: Nathan David Galloway Second Defendant: Daniel Eli Galloway Representation: Plaintiff: Mr A P Quinlivan Defendants: Mr S E Torrington (31 January 2012) / Ms A Kmetyk (solicitor) (20 February 2012) Plaintiff: CMC Lawyers Defendants: McCabe Terrill Lawyers File Number(s): 2009/00338654 Publication restriction: None