Whitehouse Properties Pty Ltd v Bond Brewing (NSW) Ltd

Judgment date: 29/05/1992
Court: NSWCA
Judge: Priestley, Clarke JJA and Handley JA
Citation: (1992) 28 NSWLR 17;
Catchwords: Costs;  Departing from the general rule;  Success of appellant on point not taken at trial;  Appropriate order where point barely argued at appeal;  

Contract;  General;  Offer and acceptance;  Offer of Compromise;  

Contract;  General;  Construction and interpretation;  Implied term in offer of compromise;  

Practice and procedure;  General;  Consequences for costs where offer of compromise made;  Designation of offeror as plaintiff or defendant;  

Costs;  Agreements;  Offers of Compromise;  Whether necessary offer relates to all claims for relief;