Ye v Chen (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1265

Ye v Chen (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1265

The court declined to alter the existing costs order to an indemnity basis, finding the defendant's rejection of the plaintiffs’ offer was not unreasonable in the circumstances and noting the court's discretion regarding cost orders and the complexity/detail of the offer and procedural posture.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
06 October 2021
Procedural Posture
Costs Application Following Motion Dismissal / Post Hearing, Ruling on Costs Orders
Outcome
Application for indemnity costs refused; prior costs order maintained.
Legal Topics
['costs' 'offers of Compromise' 'indemnity Costs' 'security for Costs']
['civil Procedure'] ['costs' 'offers of Compromise' 'indemnity Costs' 'security for Costs']

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Procedural Posture

Costs Application Following Motion Dismissal / Post Hearing, Ruling on Costs Orders

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Should the court alter the costs order from ordinary to indemnity basis for the plaintiffs?' "Was the defendant's rejection of the plaintiffs' offer unreasonable warranting indemnity costs?"]

Ratio Decidendi

The court declined to alter the existing costs order to an indemnity basis, finding the defendant's rejection of the plaintiffs’ offer was not unreasonable in the circumstances and noting the court's discretion regarding cost orders and the complexity/detail of the offer and procedural posture.

Court Disposition

Application for indemnity costs refused; prior costs order maintained.

Orders

  • ["I decline to vacate my prior order that the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs on an ordinary basis." 'Both parties are to pay their own costs of their written submissions.']