Tzaneros Investments Pty Limited v Walker Group Constructions Pty Limited [No. 3] [2016] NSWSC 526

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Tzaneros Investments Pty Limited v Walker Group Constructions Pty Limited [No. 3] [2016] NSWSC 526 Hearing dates: 15 and 20 April 2016 Decision date: 29 April 2016 Before: Ball J Decision: See para 102 below. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – costs – general rule – costs follow the event – multiple issues – whether to apportion costs of separate issues – offer of compromise – whether proper particulars given – whether prior amendment changed case substantially – Set-off – prior interlocutory costs orders PROCEDURE – stay – whether interests of justice require stay PROCEDURE – security for costs – undertaking as substitute for security – release of security ESTOPPEL – by judgment – Issue estoppel – whether previous interlocutory order binding Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2005 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adeels Palace Pty Ltd v Moubarak [2009] NSWCA 130 Alexander v Cambridge Credit Corporation Ltd (Receivers Appointed) (1985) 2 NSWLR 685 Bass v Permanent Trustee Company Limited [1999] HCA 9; (1999) 198 CLR 334 Blair v Curran [1939] HCA 23; 62 CLR 464 Bondi Beachside Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (No 2) [2014] NSWCA 128 Bostik Australia Pty Ltd v Liddiard (No 2) [2009] NSWCA 304 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 WLR 586 Challenger Group Holdings Ltd v Concept Equity Pty Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWSC 1002 Cretazzo v Lombardi (1975) 13 SASR 4 Fidelitas Shipping Co Ltd v V/O Exportchleb [1966] 1 QB 630 Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 145 Hawkesbury District Health Service Ltd v Chaker (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 30 Illawarra Hotel Company Pty Ltd v Walton Construction Pty Ltd (No 2) [2013] NSWCA 211 Jelbarts Pty Ltd v McDonald [1919] VLR 478 Julia Farr Services Inc v Hayes [2003] NSWCA 142 Lahoud v Lahoud [2006] NSWSC 126 Lawrence v Gunner [2015] NSWCA 322 Macquarie International Health Clinic Pty Ltd v Sydney South West Area Health Service (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 171 NSW Bar Association v Stevens [2003] NSWCA 95 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11; (1998) 193 CLR 72 Penrith Whitewater Stadium Ltd & Anor v Lesvos Pty Ltd & Anor [2007] NSWCA 103 Perisher Blue Pty Ltd v Nair-Smith (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 268 Saint-Gobain Abrasives Pty Ltd v McPherson [2008] NSWCA 262 Sinclair v William Arnott Pty Ltd (1963) 64 SR (NSW) 88 TCN Channel 9 Pty Ltd v Antoniadis (No 2) [1999] NSWCA 104; (1999) 48 NSWLR 381 Tzaneros Investments Pty Ltd v Walker Group Constructions Pty Ltd & Anor [2013] NSWSC 1645 Tzaneros Investments Pty Limited v Walker Group Constructions Pty Limited [2016] NSWSC 50 Whitney v Dream Developments Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 188 Williams v Stanley Jones & Co Ltd [1926] 2 KB 37 Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 16; (2004) 216 CLR 515 Texts Cited: G E Dal Pont, Law of Costs, LexisNexis, 3rd ed, 2013 Category: Costs Parties: Tzaneros Investments Pty Ltd (ACN 114 879 524) (Plaintiff) Walker Group Constructions Pty Ltd (ACN 097 303 716) (First Defendant | Cross Claimant) AMT Engineers Pty Limited formerly Alan L Wright & Associates Pty Limited (ACN 001 582 029) (Second Defendant | Cross Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Dempsey SC with JA Hogan-Doran (Plaintiff) MG Rudge SC with FP Hicks and Ms EE Whitby (First Defendant | Cross Claimant) MS White SC with Ms N Shaw (Second Defendant | Cross Defendant)