Davey v TriCare Ltd [2003] QSC 87

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND CITATION: Davey v TriCare Ltd [2003] QSC 087 PARTIES: JOE EMMA DAVEY (plaintiff) and TRICARE LIMITED ACN 009 657 345 (defendant) FILE NO: SC 3126 of 2001 DIVISION: Trial Division PROCEEDING: Further order ORIGINATING COURT: Supreme Court Brisbane DELIVERED ON: 8 April 2003 DELIVERED AT: Brisbane HEARING DATE: 6 December 2002 JUDGE: Ambrose J ORDER: I order that the plaintiff pay to the defendant its costs of and incidental to her action to be assessed on a standard basis as from 12 February 2001 CATCHWORDS: COSTS – Offers to settle – where plaintiff awarded damages below Magistrates Court scale – whether defendant should get costs COUNSEL: J G Crowley QC with P B de Platter for the plaintiff R Myers for the defendant SOLICITORS: Ken Owens Solicitors for the plaintiff McCullough Robertson for the defendant [1] AMBROSE J: On 6 December 2002 I gave judgment for the plaintiff against the defendant in the sum of $22,116.76 reserving the question for costs until I received written submission from counsel for the plaintiff and the defendant. [2] Having received those submissions I now order that the plaintiff pay to the defendant its costs of and incidental to her action to be assessed on a standard basis as from 12 February 2001. [3] I make no order with respect to any costs incurred by the plaintiff in pursuit of her action. -- 1 of 1 --