Bill Karageozis as trustee for the bankrupt estate of Siobhan Lamb v Sherman [No 2]

• 1. Defamation
  2. › Actions for defamation
  3. › Costs
  4. › Indemnity costs
  5. › Settlement offer withdrawn before deadline for acceptance
  6. › Whether respondent unreasonably failed to accept offer
  7. › Defamation Act 2005 (Qld), s 40(2)(b)
• 1. Defamation
  2. › Actions for defamation
  3. › Costs
  4. › Indemnity costs
  5. › Late abandonment of justification defence
  6. › Whether costs thrown away should be assessed on indemnity basis
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Interlocutory proceedings
  4. › Reserved costs
  5. › Whether costs should follow the event or each party bear own costs
  6. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r 72, r 681, r 692

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