South Pacific Air Motive Pty Limited v Magnus [1998] FCA 1815

South Pacific Air Motive Pty Limited v Magnus [1998] FCA 1815

Because both sides had some success and some failure on the appeal, and each bore some responsibility for procedural difficulties, the Court declined to apportion appellate costs and ordered each party to bear its or his own costs of the appeal. Given the appeal outcome, paragraph 3 of Wilcox J's 27 November 1997 costs order was set aside, but first instance costs issues were remitted to Wilcox J because some orders were not appealed and his Honour was familiar with the relevant issues.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 November 1998
Procedural Posture
Representative Proceedings on Appeal in the Federal Court of Australia / Judgment on Costs After Appeal
Outcome
Each party was ordered to bear its or his own costs of the appeal; paragraph 3 of Wilcox J's orders of 27 November 1997 was set aside; first instance costs questions were remitted to Wilcox J.
Legal Topics
['costs in Representative Proceedings' 'costs Against Representative Party' 'remittal of Costs Questions' 'mixed Success on Appeal']
['civil Procedure' 'costs' 'representative Proceedings'] ['costs in Representative Proceedings' 'costs Against Representative Party' 'remittal of Costs Questions' 'mixed Success on Appeal']

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Procedural Posture

Representative Proceedings on Appeal in the Federal Court of Australia / Judgment on Costs After Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the first respondent should pay the appellants' costs of the appeal, or part of those costs, where the appellants succeeded on two of three questions determined by the appeal." 'Whether the costs order made by Wilcox J on 27 November 1997 should be set aside.' 'Whether costs of the motion determined on 27 November 1997 and costs of the determination of separate questions on 9 April 1998 should be remitted to Wilcox J.']

Ratio Decidendi

Because both sides had some success and some failure on the appeal, and each bore some responsibility for procedural difficulties, the Court declined to apportion appellate costs and ordered each party to bear its or his own costs of the appeal. Given the appeal outcome, paragraph 3 of Wilcox J's 27 November 1997 costs order was set aside, but first instance costs issues were remitted to Wilcox J because some orders were not appealed and his Honour was familiar with the relevant issues.

Court Disposition

Each party was ordered to bear its or his own costs of the appeal; paragraph 3 of Wilcox J's orders of 27 November 1997 was set aside; first instance costs questions were remitted to Wilcox J.

Orders

  • ['Each party bear its or his own costs of the appeal.' 'Set aside par 3 of the orders made by Wilcox J on 27 November 1997.' 'Direct that costs of the notice of motion determined by Wilcox J on 27 November 1997, and the costs of the determination of the separate questions, made on 9 April 1998, be remitted to Wilcox...