Alan Pearson v Jamaica Blue Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 121

Alan Pearson v Jamaica Blue Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 121

As both parties had partial success and the outcome was mixed, with each achieving about half of their objectives, it was appropriate to order Jamaica Blue Pty Ltd to pay half of Mr Pearson's costs of the appeal; the offer of compromise did not justify departing from this result.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
05 February 2020
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Determination of Appeal and Costs
Outcome
Local Court judgment varied; costs ordered as to half in favour of the plaintiff for the appeal.
Legal Topics
['costs' 'judgment Variation' 'offer of Compromise']
['civil Procedure' 'costs'] ['costs' 'judgment Variation' 'offer of Compromise']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Determination of Appeal and Costs

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the judgment amount of the Local Court should be varied' 'Which party should bear the costs of the appeal under mixed success circumstances' 'The effect of offers of compromise (Calderbank offers) on cost orders']

Ratio Decidendi

As both parties had partial success and the outcome was mixed, with each achieving about half of their objectives, it was appropriate to order Jamaica Blue Pty Ltd to pay half of Mr Pearson's costs of the appeal; the offer of compromise did not justify departing from this result.

Court Disposition

Local Court judgment varied; costs ordered as to half in favour of the plaintiff for the appeal.

Orders

  • ['The judgment of the Local Court given on 7 June 2019 is varied under s 41(1)(a) of the Local Court Act 2007 (NSW) so that there is judgment in favour of Jamaica Blue Pty Ltd against Mr Pearson in the sum of $34,553.90.' "Jamaica Blue Pty Ltd is to pay half of Mr Pearson's costs of the appeal as agreed or assessed."]