McGee v Independent Assessor & Anor [No 2]

[2024] QCA 7

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Costs
3. › Indemnity costs
4. › Calderbank offers
5. › Whether rejection of Calderbank offer was unreasonable
6. › Relevance of public interest in exercise of statutory functions
7. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r 766
1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Costs
3. › Costs of appeal and proceeding below
4. › Whether costs should follow the event on the standard basis
5. › Whether costs incurred prior to narrowing of issues should be excluded

Quick Take

The public interest in exercising statutory functions is a relevant factor supporting the reasonableness of rejecting a Calderbank offer for statutory office-holders, but it does not provide immunity from indemnity costs orders.