Dickson v Northern Lakes Rugby League Sport & Recreation Club Inc & Anor (No.3) [2019] NSWDC 478

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Dickson v Northern Lakes Rugby League Sport & Recreation Club Inc & Anor (No.3) [2019] NSWDC 478 Hearing dates: 6 September 2019 Date of orders: 06 September 2019 Decision date: 06 September 2019 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Abadee DCJ Decision: See paragraph 47. Catchwords: COSTS – offer of compromise – the substance of offer is a 'walk away' offer – whether the offer amounted to a genuine compromise – whether it was unreasonable for the Plaintiff to reject the offer – whether Court should exercise its discretion to 'otherwise order' under court rule Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 98 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) rr 20.26, 42.2, 42.15A. Cases Cited: Bates v Cooke (No.2) [2014] NSWSC 1322 Caine v Lumley General Insurance Ltd (No.2) [2008] NSWCA 109 Dickson v Northern Lakes Rugby League Sport & Recreation Club Inc [2019] NSWDC 433 Hillier v Sheather (1995) 36 NSWLR 414 Hobartsville Stud v Union Insurance Co (1991) 25 NSWLR 358 Leach v Nominal Defendant (QBE Insurance (Aust) Ltd (No.2) [2014] NSWCA 391 Leichardt Municipal Council v Green [2004] NSWCA 341 Loulach Developments Pty Ltd v RMS (No.2) [2019] NSWSC 601 Regency Media Pty Ltd v AAV Australia Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 368 Robb Evans v European Bank Ltd (No.2) [2009] NSWCA 170 Shellharbour City Council v Johnson (No.2) (2006) 67 NSWLR 308 Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (NSW) t/as Northaven Retirement Village v Takacs (No.2) [2008] NSWCA 172 Category: Costs Parties: Mr Dickson (Plaintiff) Northern Lakes Rugby League Sport & Recreation Club Inc (First Defendant) Mr Fletcher (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr B Gross QC (Plaintiff) Mr M Best (First and Second Defendants)