Georgallis v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Limited (No 2) [2016] NSWDC 341

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Georgallis v Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Limited (No 2) [2016] NSWDC 341 Hearing dates: 29 November 2016 Date of orders: 02 December 2016 Decision date: 02 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) The defendant is to pay 70% of the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings as agreed or assessed. (2) The plaintiff's application for indemnity costs is dismissed. Catchwords: Costs – whether alternative costs order should be made because of the abandonment of causes of action by the plaintiff at the final hearing – offer of compromise – whether the court should not order indemnity costs – appropriate order in the circumstances Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Australian Consumer Law Cases Cited: Caine v Lumley General Insurance Ltd (No 2) [2008] NSWCA 109 Choo v Zhang (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 301 Griffith v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 145 Nominal Defendant v Hawkins [2011] NSWCA 93 Perisher Blue Pty Ltd v Nair-Smith (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 268 Regency Media v AAV Australia [2009] NSWCA 368 Sabah Yazgi v Permanent Custodians Ltd (No 2) [2007] NSWCA 306 Tomanovic v Global Mortgage Equity Corp Pty Ltd (No 2) (2011) 288 ALR 385 Category: Costs Parties: Steven Georgallis (Plaintiff) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Debuse (Plaintiff) D Robertson (Defendant) (Written Submissions) J Sorbara (Defendant) (29 November 2016)