Sadi Mustafa Karabay v Malcolm Carr t/as Forshaws Neill Solicitors & Anor (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 773

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sadi Mustafa Karabay v Malcolm Carr t/as Forshaws Neill Solicitors & Anor (No 2) [2013] NSWSC 773 Hearing dates: Friday 15 February 2013 Decision date: 14 June 2013 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Hidden J Decision: First defendant to pay plaintiff's costs to 5 May 2009 on an ordinary basis; thereafter plaintiff to pay first defendant's costs on an indemnity basis. Plaintiff to pay costs of the second defendant up to 5 May 2009 on an ordinary basis; thereafter on an indemnity basis. Catchwords: COSTS - action against two solicitors for damages for professional negligence - plaintiff successful against one of them - defendants' offer of compromise for a specified sum of damages "plus costs" - whether offer complied with UCPR r 20.26 Cases Cited: - Old v McInnes & Anor [2011] NSWCA 410 - Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust v Becker (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 194 - Dean v Stockland Property Management Pty Ltd (No 2) [2010] NSWCA 141 - Vieira v O'Shea (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 121 - Rail Corporation NSW v Vero Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 926 - Ziliotto v Dr Hakim (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1079 - Egan v Mangarelli & Ors (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1226 - Orcher v Bowcliff Pty Ltd [2012] NSWSC 1429 - In the matter of Cheal Industries Pty Ltd - Fitzpatrick v Cheal [2012] NSWSC 932 - JKB Holdings Pty Ltd v de la Vega (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 1238 Category: Costs Parties: Sadi Mustafa Karabay (plaintiff) Malcolm Carr (t/as Forshaws Neill Solicitors) (1st defendant) Ron Egon Kramer (t/as Ron Kramer Associates (2nd defendant) Representation: Counsel: L Stephens (plaintiff) P Braham SC with M Smith (1st & 2nd defendants) Solicitors: Paul Clough Solicitor (plaintiff) Bruce Alexander Yeldham - Yeldham Price O'Brien Lusk (1st & 2nd defendants) File Number(s): 2008/289658