Egan v Mangarelli & Ors (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1226

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Egan v Mangarelli & Ors (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1226 Hearing dates: 3 October 2012 Decision date: 17 October 2012 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: HOEBEN JA Decision: I decline to make a special costs order in favour of the defendants. The costs order will remain that which is set out in the principal judgment. The defendants are to pay the plaintiff's costs of this application. Catchwords: COSTS - Offer of Compromise - offer provides for payment of a specified amount "plus costs as agreed or assessed" - whether offer complied with r 20.26 UCPR - conflicting decisions of Court of Appeal - whether offer conflicts with costs rule - in the alternative whether offer operated as a Calderbank offer - meaning of "unless the Court orders otherwise" in r 42.15 UCPR - whether "exceptional circumstances" required for order - conflicting decisions of Court of Appeal - what constitutes "exceptional circumstances" - unusual circumstances of case under consideration amount to exceptional circumstances. Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedures Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Ambulance Service of NSW v Worley (No.2) [2006] NSWCA 236; (2006) 67 NSWLR 719 Barakat & Ors v Bazdarova [2012] NSWCA 140 Caine v Lumley General Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 109, Cheal Industries Pty Ltd - Fitzpatrick v Cheal [2012] NSWSC 932 Erect Safe Scaffolding (Australia) Pty Ltd v Sutton & Anor (No.2) [2008] NSWCA 289 Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd (No.2) [2008] NSWCA 85 Macquarie Radio Network Pty Ltd v Arthur Dent (No.2) [2007] NSWCA 339 Nominal Defendant v Hawkins [2011] NSWCA 93; 58 MVR 362 Old v McInnes & Hodgkinson [2011] NSWCA 410 Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 368 San v Rumble (No.2) [2007] NSWCA 259, 48 MVR 492 The Uniting Church v Takacs (No.2) [2008] NSWCA 172 Vieira v O'Shea (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 121 Category: Costs Parties: Mitchell Joseph William Egan - Plaintiff Johnny Carmine Mangarelli - First Defendant Westbus Region 3 Pty Ltd - Second Defendant Representation: Counsel: Mr P Frame - Plaintiff Mr DE Grieve QC - Defendants Solicitors: Slater and Gordon Lawyers - Plaintiff Vardanega Roberts Solicitors - Defendants File Number(s): 2010/126606