Nash v State of New South Wales (No. 2) [2015] NSWDC 156

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Nash v State of New South Wales (No. 2) [2015] NSWDC 156 Hearing dates: 5 August 2015 Date of orders: 07 August 2015 Decision date: 07 August 2015 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: (1) The defendant pay the plaintiff's costs on a party/party basis up to and including 17 October 2014 and thereafter on an indemnity basis, such costs to include the costs of this application. Catchwords: COSTS – application for indemnity costs following service of an Offer of Compromise – whether offer included a real element of compromise – whether rejection of the offer was unreasonable Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 56 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), rr 20.26 and 42.14 Cases Cited: Anderson Group Pty Ltd v Tynan Motors Pty Ltd (No 2) (2006) 67 NSWLR 706 Calderbank v Calderbank (1975) 3 ER 333 Channel Seven Sydney Pty Ltd v Mahommed (No 2) (2011) 80 NSWLR 210 Forbes Services Memorial Club Ltd v Hodge (New South Wales Court of Appeal, Kirby P, Priestley and Cole JJA, 8 March 1995) Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd v Union Insurance Co Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Keeffe v Marks (1989) 16 NSWLR 713 Leach v Nominal (QBE Insurance (Australia) Ltd) (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Murphy v Murphy [1963] VR 610 Nash v State of New South Wales [2015] NSWDC 144 Prestige Residential Marketing Pty Ltd v Depune Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 341 Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 368 Robb Evans & Associates v European Bank Ltd (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 170 Shellharbour City Council v Johnson (No 2) (2006) 67 NSWLR 308 Sims v Wran [1984] 1 NSWLR 317 Tehfe v Chiu (1984) Aust Torts Reports 80-581 Tickell v Trifleska Pty Ltd (1990) 25 NSWLR 353 Texts Cited: P Taylor, Dr E Elms, M Meek SC, The Hon Justice G Bellew , Ritchies Uniform Civil Procedure NSW (LexisNexis) Tobin & Sexton, Australian Defamation Law and Practice (LexisNexis) Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: Bernard Andrew Nash Defendant: State of New South Wales Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Ms N Compton Defendant: Mr M Hutchings