Matrix Group Ltd (in liq) (Trustee) v Oates, in the matter of Matrix Group Ltd (in liq) (Trustee) (No 2) [2017] FCA 103

There is no sufficient reason to depart from the ordinary rule that costs follow the event, and Mr Oates was successful in resisting the plaintiffs' application. Plaintiffs to pay Mr Oates' legal costs and disbursements of and incidental to the hearing of 10 November 2016.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 16 February 2017
Procedural Posture: Corporations and Corporate Insolvency / Costs Determination After Judgment
Outcome: Plaintiffs to pay defendant's legal costs and disbursements of and incidental to the hearing on 10 November 2016.
Legal Topics: ['costs Follow the Event' 'liquidation Proceedings' 'claims for Relief']

['costs' 'corporations Law'] ['costs Follow the Event' 'liquidation Proceedings' 'claims for Relief']

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Procedural Posture

Corporations and Corporate Insolvency / Costs Determination After Judgment

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether costs should follow the event in this proceeding' 'Whether special circumstances justify departure from the ordinary costs rule']

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Court Disposition

Plaintiffs to pay defendant's legal costs and disbursements of and incidental to the hearing on 10 November 2016.

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["The plaintiffs pay the defendant's legal costs and disbursements of and incidental to the hearing on 10 November 2016."]