Zhang v Harmstorf (No 2) [2019] NSWDC 116

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Zhang v Harmstorf (No 2) [2019] NSWDC 116 Hearing dates: 5 April 2019 Date of orders: 10 April 2019 Decision date: 10 April 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Dicker SC DCJ Decision: (1) Vacate Order (3) made on 8 March 2019; (2) Order the defendant to pay the plaintiff's costs of the proceedings on the ordinary basis up to and including 8 February 2019 and on an indemnity basis thereafter. Catchwords: Costs – Calderbank offer made by plaintiff – judgment in favour of plaintiff greater than offer - whether the refusal of defendant unreasonable – whether in all the circumstances an indemnity costs order should be made Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Calderbank v Calderbank (1975) 3 All ER 333 Hanna v Raoul [2018] NSWCA 201 Jones v Bradley (No 2) [2003] NSWCA 258 Ku-ring-gai Council v Chan (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 73 Leichhardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Miwa Pty Ltd v Siantan Properties Pte Ltd (No 2) [2011] NSWCA 344 NRMA Insurance for Nominal Defendant v Al-Bayati (No 2) [2019] NSWCA 14 Russell v Edwards (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 52 Trustee for the Salvation Army (NSW) Property Trust v Becker (No 2) [2007] NSW 194 Whitney v Dream Developments Pty Ltd (2013) 84 NSWLR 311; [2013] NSWCA 188 Zhang v Harmstorf [2019] NSWDC 49 Category: Costs Parties: Yuguo Zhang (Plaintiff) Alexander Harmstorf (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Klooster (Plaintiff) A Vernier (Defendant)