Golden Destiny Investments Pty Ltd v McCrohon Bergseng Partners t/as MBP Legal (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 1794

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Golden Destiny Investments Pty Ltd v McCrohon Bergseng Partners t/as MBP Legal (No. 2) [2016] NSWSC 1794 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 16 December 2016 Decision date: 16 December 2016 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: (1) The Defendants' application for indemnity costs is dismissed.

(2) The Defendants are to pay the costs of this application. Catchwords: PROCEDURE – costs – application for indemnity costs - Calderbank offer – offer made immediately after service of summons – offer rejected - summons sought extension of time to have legal costs assessed – plaintiffs unsuccessful – offer by defendants to pay $1500 in full settlement of proceedings – whether genuine offer of compromise – whether plaintiffs acted unreasonably in not accepting offer – application dismissed Legislation Cited: Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW) Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] Fam 93; [1975] 3 All ER 333 Golden Destiny Investments Pty Ltd v McCrohon Bergseng Partners t/as MBP Legal [2016] NSWSC 1639 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) (2005) 13 VR 435; [2005] VSCA 298 Hobartville Stud Pty Ltd v Union Insurance Co Ltd (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 McKeith v Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC; Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC v James (No 2) [2016] NSWCA 260 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 368 Tati v Stonewall Hotel Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] NSWCA 124 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Golden Destiny Investments Pty Ltd (First Plaintiff) Yun Lin (Second Plaintiff) Haizhong Cai (Third Plaintiff) Xufeng Wu (Fourth Plaintiff) DCK Assets Holdings Pty Limited (Fifth Plaintiff) Wei Feng (Australia) Pty Limited (Sixth Plaintiff) Peter Edward McCrohon and Karin Elisabeth Bergseng Partners t/as MBP Legal (Defendants) Representation: Counsel: J Lee (Plaintiffs) M Castle (Defendants)