Brendan Wilfred King v Robert Lawrence Adams [2017] NSWSC 117

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Brendan Wilfred King v Robert Lawrence Adams [2017] NSWSC 117 Hearing dates: 14 February 2017 Decision date: 24 February 2017 Before: Sackar J Decision: See paragraph [52] Catchwords: Indemnity costs – offer of compromise – Calderbank offer – reasonableness of offer – reasonableness of rejection of offer Evidence – operation of section 131(2)(h) Evidence Act – relevance of offers made by plaintiff Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Brendan Wilfred King v Robert Lawrence Adams [2016] NSWSC 1798 Jones v Bradley (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 Latoudis v Casey (1990) 170 CLR 534 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Perisher Blue Pty Ltd v Nair-Smith (No 2) [2015] NSWCA 268 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Costs Parties: Brendan Wilfred King (plaintiff) Robert Lawrence Adams (first defendant) New South Wales Lotteries Corporation Pty Ltd (second defendant) Matthew John Adams (third defendant) Bradley Robert Adams (fourth defendant) Silvestre Gavina Mico (fifth defendant) Peter Andres (sixth defendant) Davendra Singh (seventh defendant) Robert Eric Beever (eighth defendant) Sean Cheak (ninth defendant) Peter Salendra Prasad (tenth defendant) Robert Griffiths (eleventh defendant) Hassan Hashim (twelfth defendant) Phongsavath Sengchangsavang (thirteenth defendant) Quem Singue Lai (fourteenth defendant) Viengxay Thattamanivong (fifteenth defendant) Representation: Counsel: L Gyles SC (plaintiff) MBJ Lee SC, WAD Edwards (1st, 3rd to 15th defendants)