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Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13)

Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13)

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AGLC: Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516
Case: [2007] VSC 516
Decision Date: 21 December 2007

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Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516

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Citation 1 (Para 13)

…f a genuine compromise by saying that the outcome of the litigation was uncertain: Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 at [13] (Byrne J). However, in the particular circumstances of the present case, the rejection by FTI of the Calderbank offer made by GMC does not wa…
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Citation 2 (Para 1)

…5) 13 VR 435, 442 [25] (Warren CJ, Maxwell P and Harper AJA); [2005] VSCA 298; Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13] (Byrne J). [7] Slaveski v Victoria [2010] VSC 569.…
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Citation 3 (Para 4)

…if the circumstances upon which its assessment was based later changed.[109] [109] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 [13] (Byrne J), quoted in Lo Presti [20].…
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Citation 4

…1 WAR 1 Lowes v Amaca Pty Ltd (formerly James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd) [2011] WASC 287 Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 Swansdale Pty Ltd v Whitcrest Pty Ltd [2010] WASCA 129 The State of South Australia v Ellis [2008] WASCA 200; 37 WAR 1…
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Citation 5

…In Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, Byrne J made these observations in relation to the meaning of 'unreasonable' in the context of the rejection of a Calderbank offer:…
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Citation 6

…ustralia Ltd v Lo Presti [2009] WASCA 115 Gould v Viggelas (1985) 157 CLR 215, 229 Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 JURISDICTION : DISTRICT COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN CIVIL LOCATION : PERTH CITATION : HODDER by his next friend ELAINE GEORGINA HODDER -v- TOWN OF…
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Citation 7 (Para 3)

…of Australia Ltd v Lo Presti Buss JA referred to these observations of Byrne J in Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 in relation to the meaning of 'unreasonable' in the context of the rejection of a Calderbank offer: A decision to accept or not an offer of this kind…
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Citation 8 (Para 5)

…In Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, Byrne J made these observations in relation to the meaning of 'unreasonable' in the context of the rejection of a Calderbank offer: A decision to accept or not an offer of this kind will ordinarily be based upon the offeree’s pe…
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Citation 9 (Para 1)

…ve order for costs.[1] [1] Premier Building and Consulting Pty Ltd (Receivers Appointed) (ACN 066 568 367) v Spotless Group Ltd (ACN 004 376 514) [2007] VSC 516 (Unreported, Byrne J, 21 December 2007) [29].…
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Citation 10 (Para 7)

…Similarly, the following observations of Byrne J in Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 at [13] can be paraphrased to apply with considerable force to the ability of the present defendant, as at 6 April 2009, to predict the likely outcome of the trial; What, then, is…
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Citation 11 (Para 8)

…nnuation Pty Ltd [2008] FCAFC 173 per Moore, Finn and Jessup JJ at [75]; Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Limited (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 per Byrne J at [9] to [19]. Thirdly, whether the applicants have made out the contended special feature of the case in relation to the cost base issue just…
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Citation 12

…ave been apparent to the plaintiffs that their case was weak given: [22] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 [13] (Byrne J).…
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Citation 13

…ojects Pty Ltd v Victorian Urban Development Authority [2007] VSC 441, [5]. [36] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13] (Byrne J). [37] Rickard Constructions v Rickard Hails Moretti [2005] NSWSC 481, [17] (McDougall J). [38] Apostolidis v Kalenik (No 2) [2011] VSCA…
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Citation 14

…[28] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13], Byrne J.…
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Citation 15

…torian Workcover Authority v O’Brien [2017] VSC 68, [6]-[7] (J Forrest J); Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13] (Byrne J); Berrigan Shire Council v Ballerini (No 2) [2006] VSCA 65, [10] (Callaway JA), [33]-[34] (Nettle JA). [15] Masters Home Improvement Pty Ltd v…
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Citation 16 (Para 1)

…torian Workcover Authority v O’Brien [2017] VSC 68, [6]-[7] (J Forrest J); Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13] (Byrne J); Berrigan Shire Council v Ballerini (No 2) [2006] VSCA 65, [10] (Callaway JA), [33]-[34] (Nettle JA). [42] Masters Home Improvement Pty Ltd v…
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Citation 17

…sessment or if the circumstances upon which it was based later changed;[21] [21] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13], Byrne J.…
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Citation 18

…sessment or if the circumstances upon which it was based later changed;[38] [38] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516, [13], Byrne J.…
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Citation 19 (Para 13)

…[58][2007] VSC 516 at [13] (Byrne J).…
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Citation 20 (Para 1)

…en Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No. 2) (2005) 13 VR 436; Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No. 13) [2007] VSC 516 per Byrne J at [13]; and also Rickard Constructions Pty Ltd v Rickard Hails Moretti Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 481 per McDougall J at [30].…
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Citation 21

…nce the litigation, to pursue it and to make the various decisions in the course of the proceeding’s progress to trial and judgment.” [33][2007] VSC 516. [34] Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd (No 13) [2007] VSC 516 at [13]. [35] Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225 at…
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Citation 22 (Para 3)

…e short of litigation. Yet an erroneous prediction might not be unreasonable. These considerations of course involve matters of fact and degree. [41] [2007] VSC 516.…
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Citation 23

…ing Pty Ltd v Vickers Systems Pty Ltd (No 2) [2002] VSC 409; Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd & Ors (No 13) [2007] VSC 516; Berrigan Shire Council v Ballerini; Forestry Commission of New South Wales v Ballerini [2006] VSCA; Ultra Thoroughbred Racing Pty Ltd t/as Baree Stud v Those Certai…

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Citation 1

…[2] Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 at 401, per Woodward J. See also Australian Guarantee Corporation Ltd v de Jager [1984] VR 483 at 502, per Tadgell J.…
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Citation 2 (Para 1)

…d to make the various decisions in the course of the proceeding’s progress to trial and judgment. [13] Colgate Palmolive Co v Cussons Pty Ltd (1993) 46 FCR 225 at 228, per Sheppard J.…
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Citation 3

…[2] Fountain Selected Meats (Sales) Pty Ltd v International Produce Merchants Pty Ltd (1988) 81 ALR 397 at 401, per Woodward J. See also Australian Guarantee Corporation Ltd v de Jager [1984] VR 483 at 502, per Tadgell J.…
McFadzean & Ors v Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union & Ors (No 2) [2007] VSCA 313
Citation 4 (Para 1)

…ing of the judge, for this would be to undermine the very process of discretion.[12] [11] McFadzean v Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union [2007] VSCA 313 at [9]. [12]13 VR 435 at 442 [27]. See, too, Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd v Kilpatrick Green Pty Ltd [1992] 2 VR 505 at 512-3, per Fullagar J, McGarvie…
Berrigan Shire Council v Ballerini (No 2) [2006] VSCA 65
Citation 5 (Para 1)

…l costs order is unlikely. [15] Grbavac v Hart [1997] 1 VR 154 at 155, per Winneke P; at 161, per Tadgell JA. [16] Berrigam Shire Council v Ballerini [2006] VSCA 65 at [17], per Callaway JA.…
Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian Workcover Authority (No 2) [2005] VSCA 298
Citation 6 (Para 1)

…tain Selected Meats case.[6] [4] Calderbank v Calderbank [1976] Fam 93. [5] Hazeldene’s Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No.2) (2005) 13 VR 435 at 441 [23]. [6]See fn 2 above.…
Wenzel v Australian Stock Exchange Ltd [2002] FCA 353
Citation 7 (Para 1)

…ter the offer were the consequence of the offeree’s decision not to accept it.[8] [7] Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (1996) 138 ALR 425, per Rolfe J. [8] Maitland Hospital v Fisher (No.2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 at 724.…
Bartlem Pty Ltd v CMMC Pty Ltd (Receiver and Manager Appointed) [2001] FCA 1352
Citation 8 (Para 1)

…ept it.[8] [7] Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (1996) 138 ALR 425, per Rolfe J. [8] Maitland Hospital v Fisher (No.2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 at 724.…
Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation [1997] NSWCA 214
Citation 9 (Para 1)

…tionale of this is that the costs incurred by the parties after the offer were the consequence of the offeree’s decision not to accept it.[8] [7] Multicon Engineering Pty Ltd v Federal Airports Corporation (1996) 138 ALR 425, per Rolfe J. [8] Maitland Hospital v Fisher (No.2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 721 at 724.…
Premier Building & Consulting Pty Ltd v Spotless Group Ltd [2007] VSC 377
Citation 10 (Para 1)

…er Act 1989. It failed, too, against North Suburban in its claim under s. 62A of the Environment Protection Act and under s. 15 of the Water Act . [1][2007] VSC 377.…
Tomasevic v Travaglini [2007] VSC 337
Citation 11 (Para 1)

…had been deregistered. This raised what I have called the corporate identity issue – an issue upon which the Spotless Parties were successful. [20][2007] VSC 337 at [446].…
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Citation 12 (Para 1)

…l litigants should not be discouraged from bringing and, it would seem, pursuing their disputes in the courts. [9](2005) 13 VR 435 at 441 [23]. [10][2004] VSC 351.…

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