Svitzer Salvage Australasia Pty Ltd v Trident Australasia Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2012] NSWDC 147

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Svitzer Salvage Australasia Pty Ltd v Trident Australasia Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2012] NSWDC 147 Hearing dates: 10 September 2012 (written submissions) Decision date: 10 September 2012 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) By way of variation of Order 1 of the orders of 29 June 2012, judgment for the plaintiff for USD $523,372.46, being USD $416,307.07 plus interest in the sum of USD $107,065.39. (2) By way of variation of Order 1 of the orders of 29 June 2012, the defendant is to pay the plaintiff's costs on a party/party basis to 30 December 2011 and thereafter on an indemnity basis. (3) The indemnity costs order in Order 2 above is to include the costs of this application for indemnity costs. Catchwords: COSTS - offer of compromise - application for indemnity costs - interest Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 101 Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Commonwealth of Australia v Gretton [2008] NSWCA 117 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Maitland Hospital v Fisher (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 Michos v Council of the City of Botany Bay (No. 3) (Supreme Court of NSW, Slattery J, 9 July 2012) Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties PTE Ltd (No. 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Morgan v Johnson (1998) 44 NSWLR 578 MPB (SA) Pty Ltd v Gogic (1991) 171 CLR 657 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 Trkulja v Yahoo! Inc LLC & Anor (No 3) [2012] VSC 228 Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust t/as Salvation Army v Becker (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 194 Texts Cited: - Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: Svitzer Salvage Australasia Pty Ltd Defendant: Trident Australasia Pty Ltd Representation: Plaintiff: Mr E Cox Defendant: Mr T Ross (in person) Plaintiff: Norton White Defendant: Mr T Ross (in person) File Number(s): 2010/392856 Publication restriction: None