De Sales v Ingrilli (No 2)

HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIAGUMMOW, KIRBY AND HAYNE JJTERESA MARGARET DE SALES   APPELLANTANDALBERT INGRILLI  RESPONDENTDe Sales v Ingrilli [No 2][2003] HCA 168 April 2003P57/2001ORDERMotion dismissed.Notice:  This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.CATCHWORDSDe Sales v Ingrilli [No 2]Practice and procedure – Costs – Appeal – Appeal allowed – Calderbank offer – Calderbank offer rejected by appellant – Where amount recovered by appellant exceeds amount offered by respondent.Supreme Court Act 1935 (WA), s 32.GUMMOW, KIRBY AND HAYNE JJ.   On 14 November 2002, the Court delivered its reasons for judgment in this appeal[1].  It ordered that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal.[1]De Sales v Ingrilli (2002) 77 ALJR 99; 193 ALR 130.The respondent now moves for an order recalling that order for costs and seeks, in its place, an order that the appellant pay the respondent's costs of the appeal.  The respondent relies on a Calderbank offer[2] made by letter dated 8 March 2002.  In that letter, the respondent offered to pay a further sum of $62,800 (further, that is, to the sum for which judgment had already been entered) plus costs of the application for special leave to appeal to this Court and the consequent appeal.  The appellant rejected the offer.[2]Calderbank v Calderbank [1976] Fam 93.If the further amount of damages to be allowed to the appellant were to be calculated to the cent, it would amount to $62,792.67.  If it were to be rounded to...