About Life Pty Ltd v Maddocks Lawyers (No 2)

[2021] NSWSC 1671

Supreme Court of NSW

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1. Costs
2. › proceedings on foot for four years
3. › $30 million claim
4. › defendants make ‘walk away’ offer in 2020 and oppose further mediation
5. › in pre-trial directions, Judge encourages compromise
6. › insufficient time to further mediate
7. › Calderbank offer made a week before the trial
8. › plaintiffs discount claim by 55%
9. › no reply
10. › indemnity costs order made.
1. Interest on Costs
2. › defendants’ negligence contributed to plaintiffs’ financial problems and any inability to prosecute the proceedings with dispatch
3. › interest payable on costs from date of payment.