KFS Financial Services Pty Ltd v Abdul Mostamandi [2017] NSWSC 396

KFS Financial Services Pty Ltd v Abdul Mostamandi [2017] NSWSC 396

It was reasonable to calculate s 100 interest from 1 August 2013 because the defendants' last monthly instalments under both agreements were made in July 2013. The plaintiff's judgment, including interest, was no less favourable than its rejected Offer of Compromise, and the defendants filed no material showing any exceptional circumstance or other reason to displace the plaintiff's prima facie entitlement to indemnity costs from the day after the offer was made.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
27 April 2017
Procedural Posture
Costs Judgment Arising Out of a Contractual Dispute Over a Rental and Lease Agreement and an Appeal From Local Court Decisions / On the Papers After Orders Made on 14 December 2016, Determining the Commencement Date for S 100 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (nsw) Interest and Costs Consequences of an Offer of Compromise
Outcome
Orders varied in favour of the plaintiff to specify the interest commencement date and indemnity costs from 4 March 2013.
Legal Topics
['indemnity Costs' 'offers of Compromise' 'interest Up to Judgment' 'appeal From Local Court' 'rental and Lease Agreements']
['costs' 'civil Procedure' 'contract'] ['indemnity Costs' 'offers of Compromise' 'interest Up to Judgment' 'appeal From Local Court' 'rental and Lease Agreements']

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Procedural Posture

Costs Judgment Arising Out of a Contractual Dispute Over a Rental and Lease Agreement and an Appeal From Local Court Decisions / On the Papers After Orders Made on 14 December 2016, Determining the Commencement Date for S 100 Civil Procedure Act 2005 (nsw) Interest and Costs Consequences of an Offer of Compromise

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether interest pursuant to s 100 of the Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) should be calculated from 1 August 2013.' "Whether the plaintiff should receive indemnity costs in the Local Court proceedings following the defendants' rejection of an Offer of Compromise." 'Whether the judgment obtained by the plaintiff was no less favourable than the terms of the Offer of Compromise.']

Ratio Decidendi

It was reasonable to calculate s 100 interest from 1 August 2013 because the defendants' last monthly instalments under both agreements were made in July 2013. The plaintiff's judgment, including interest, was no less favourable than its rejected Offer of Compromise, and the defendants filed no material showing any exceptional circumstance or other reason to displace the plaintiff's prima facie entitlement to indemnity costs from the day after the offer was made.

Court Disposition

Orders varied in favour of the plaintiff to specify the interest commencement date and indemnity costs from 4 March 2013.

Orders

  • ['Order 4 of 14 December 2016 is varied to add, at the end of the order as made, the words "with interest to be calculated from 1 August 2013".' 'Order 5 of 14 December 2016 is varied to add, at the end of the order as made, the words "and on an indemnity basis from 4 March 2013".']