Wilczynski v Oknalux Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 907

Wilczynski v Oknalux Pty Ltd [2024] FCA 907

The notice of appeal sought, in terms, to prosecute an appeal against the primary judge's costs orders. Those orders were interlocutory, no application for leave to appeal had been made, and there was no justification that a different costs order would be a necessary consequence of a successful appeal from a decision not requiring leave. The appeal was therefore not competent.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 August 2024
Procedural Posture
Appeal From Costs Orders / Interlocutory Hearing on Competency of Appeal
Outcome
Appeal dismissed as not competent.
Legal Topics
['leave to Appeal' 'interlocutory Costs Orders' 'competency of Appeal' 'discontinuance']
['practice and Procedure' 'appellate Procedure' 'costs'] ['leave to Appeal' 'interlocutory Costs Orders' 'competency of Appeal' 'discontinuance']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal From Costs Orders / Interlocutory Hearing on Competency of Appeal

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the notice of appeal challenging orders 3 and 5 of the primary judge's orders was an appeal solely on the question of costs." 'Whether leave to appeal was required for an appeal against interlocutory costs orders.' 'Whether the appeal should be dismissed as not competent because no application for leave to appeal had been made.']

Ratio Decidendi

The notice of appeal sought, in terms, to prosecute an appeal against the primary judge's costs orders. Those orders were interlocutory, no application for leave to appeal had been made, and there was no justification that a different costs order would be a necessary consequence of a successful appeal from a decision not requiring leave. The appeal was therefore not competent.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed as not competent.

Orders

  • ['The appeal be dismissed as not competent.']