ZD by his tutor LD v Fast Lane Karting Centre Pty Ltd [2013] NSWDC 52

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: ZD by his tutor LD v Fast Lane Karting Centre Pty Ltd [2013] NSWDC 52 Hearing dates: 26 April 2013 Decision date: 26 April 2013 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) Plaintiff's application dismissed. (2) Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of Friday 19 April 2013 and today. Catchwords: COSTS - personal injury action brought by a minor - settlement negotiations by both parties include offers of compromise - parties settle for the amount the plaintiff had sought in a lapsed offer of compromise - plaintiff amends consent orders to bring application for costs of the application for approval of the settlement - additional application by plaintiff for indemnity costs relying upon the lapsing of the offer of compromise - whether "without any prejudice save as to costs and interest" renders the offer of compromise invalid - whether the court should otherwise order by reason of exceptional circumstances Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), ss 75-77 Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), s 341 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 20.26 and 42.14 Cases Cited: Azar v Kathirgamalingan [2012] NSWCA 429 Caine v Lumley General Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 109 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] NSWCA 141 Egan v Mangarelli (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1226 GSA Industries Pty Ltd v NT Gas Ltd (1990) 24 NSWLR 710 Harding v Bourke [2000] NSWCA 60 Holland by his next friend Holland v The Minister for Health (In His Capacity As the Board of Management of King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women) [2001] WADC 215 Insurance Australia Ltd t/as NRMA Insurance v Checchia [2011] NSWCA 101 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 LGS v Barbagallo [2013] NSWSC 68 Macourt v Clark (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 411 Maitland Hospital v Fisher (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 Nominal Defendant v Hawkins [2011] NSWCA 93 Old v McInnes [2011] NSWCA 410 Pacanowski v Simon Wakeman & Associates (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 40 Port Stephens Council v Theodorakis [2006] NSWCA 143 Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 368 Rosebanner Pty Ltd v EnergyAustralia (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 150 Separovich v Ferrao (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 346 Tomasetti v Brailey [2012] NSWCA 399 Viera v O'Shea (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 121 Ziliotto v Dr Hakim (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1079 Texts Cited: G E Dal Pont, "Law of Costs", 2nd ed., 2009 Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: ZD by his tutor LD Defendant: Fast Lane Karting Centre Pty Ltd Representation: Plaintiff: Mr M Thompson Defendant: Ms A Sivarajan (solicitor) Plaintiff: Gerard Malouf & Partners Defendant: McCabes Lawyers File Number(s): 2011/334244