Dimitrios Michos & Another v Council of the City of Botany Bay (No. 3) [2012] NSWSC 1465

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dimitrios Michos & Another v Council of the City of Botany Bay (No. 3) [2012] NSWSC 1465 Hearing dates: 20 June 2012 Decision date: 09 July 2012 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Slattery J Decision: Defendant to pay the plaintiffs' costs on an indemnity basis from 25 July 2011. Catchwords: PROCEDURE - costs - indemnity costs - whether the defendant's conduct of the proceedings was so unreasonable that the defendant should pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings on an indemnity basis - whether the defendant should pay the plaintiff's costs after 27 June 2011 as a result of the defendant's non-acceptance of the plaintiffs' offer of compromise dated 27 June 2011. Cases Cited: Baillieu Knight Frank (NSW) Pty Ltd v Ted Manny Real Estate Pty Ltd (1992) 30 NSWLR 359 Degman Pty Ltd (in Liq) v Wright (No. 2) [1983] 2 NSWLR 354 Dimitrios Michos & Another v Council of the City of Botany Bay [2012] NSWSC 625 Dimitrios Michos & Another v Council of the City of Botany Bay (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1464 Harrison v Schipp [2001] NSWCA 13 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2), [2005] VSCA 298 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pty Ltd (No 2) [2001] NSWCA 344 NMFM Property Pty Ltd v Citibank (No 1); [2011] 109 FCR 77 Re Wilcox; Ex Parte Venture Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) 1996 72 FCR 151 Vieira v O'Shea (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 121 Category: Costs Parties: First Plaintiff:- Dimitrios Michos Second Plaintiff:- Rene Michos Defendant:- Council of the City of Botany Bay Representation: Counsel: Plaintiffs:- Ian E Davidson SC; Andrew Connolly Defendant:- Paul S Jones Solicitors: Plaintiffs:- Francis Farmakidis - JSM Lawyers Defendant:- Gary Weetman - McCulloch & Buggy File Number(s): 2009/290790 Publication restriction: No