Eddy Gross v Graham Leslie Greer & Anor (Costs) [2018] NSWSC 1656

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Eddy Gross v Graham Leslie Greer & Anor (Costs) [2018] NSWSC 1656 Hearing dates: 26 October 2018 Date of orders: 01 November 2018 Decision date: 01 November 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Rein J Decision: See [3], [9], [10] and [13] Catchwords: COSTS – Party/Party – Exceptions to general rule that costs follow the event – Calderbank offers – Whether genuine offers of compromise – Whether unreasonable for the offeree not to accept offers – Whether discretion to award indemnity costs should be exercised; Held: Defendants' costs in the substantive proceedings to be costs assessed on the ordinary basis; Defendants to pay the Plaintiff's costs of this application for indemnity costs, also assessed on the ordinary basis. Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 Eddy Gross v Graham Leslie Greer & Anor [2018] NSWSC 1572 Gallagher v Rainbow & Ors (1994) 179 CLR 624 Giller v Procopets (No 2) [2009] VSCA 72; (2008) 24 VR 1 Horseshoe Pastoral Company Pty Ltd v Murray Smith (trading as South Coast Tile & Slate Company) (Court of Appeal, 7 November 1995, unreported) Jones v Bradley (No. 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 Owners Strata Plan 13635 v Ryan [2006] NSWSC 221 Re Seaforth Land Sales Pty Ltd's Land [1976] Qd R 190 Ross Bilton & Ors v Georgia Ligdas [2016] NSWSC 1262 SMEC Testing Services Pty Ltd v Campbelltown City Council [2000] NSWCA 323 Tenacity Investments v Ku-Ring-Gai Council and Ors [2008] NSWLEC 27 Texts Cited: Bradbrook & Neave's Easements and Restrictive Covenants (A. J. Bradbrook & S. V. MacCallum, LexisNexis Butterworths, 3rd ed, 2011) Category: Costs Parties: Eddy Gross (Plaintiff) Graham Leslie Greer (First Defendant) Lisa Maree Greer (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P. O'Loughlin (Plaintiff) C. Cassimatis (Defendants)