APX Projects Pty Limited v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 64025 (No. 2) [2015] NSWSC 1572

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: APX Projects Pty Limited v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 64025 (No. 2) [2015] NSWSC 1572 Hearing dates: 19 October 2015 Date of orders: 23 October 2015 Decision date: 23 October 2015 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Slattery J Decision: The defendant's costs are to be assessed on the ordinary basis. Catchwords: COSTS – application for indemnity costs – Calderbank letter – whether proposal contained a real and genuine element of compromise – late amendment to pleading – whether late amendment caused defendant any disadvantage – cost consequences of unjustifiable failure to bring proceedings under Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 98(1)(c) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW), s 226 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 ("UCPR"), rr 15.3, 42.1, 42.2 Cases Cited: APX Projects Pty Limited v The Owners – Strata Plan No. 64025 [2015] NSWSC 1250 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 118 ALR 248 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) [2005] VSCA 298; 13 VR 435 Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd v Union Insurance Co Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Meriton Apartments Pty Limited v The Owners Strata Plan No. 72381 [2015] NSWSC 202 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No. 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 SH Lock & Co (A/asia) Ltd v Rudders Ltd (1932) 49 WN (NSW) 65 The Anderson Group Pty Ltd v Tynan Motors Pty Ltd (No. 2) [2006] NSWCA 120; 67 NSWLR 706 Category: Costs Parties: Plaintiff: APX Projects Pty Limited First Defendant: The Owners – Strata Plan No. 64025 Second Defendant: Bernard Keith White Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: Dr A.J. Greinke First Defendant: submitting appearance. Second Defendants: R.A. Parsons