Applicants S325/2002 v Refugee Review Tribunal (No 2) [2006] FCAFC 113

It is inevitable that the costs of the appeal must follow the outcome of the unsuccessful appeal; there are no special reasons to depart from the ordinary rule.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 07 July 2006
Procedural Posture: Appeal / Costs Determination After Dismissal of Appeal
Outcome: Appeal dismissed. Applicants/appellants to pay respondents' costs.
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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Costs Determination After Dismissal of Appeal

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether costs should be awarded against the appellants in view of the circumstances following dismissal of the appeal']

Ratio Decidendi

It is inevitable that the costs of the appeal must follow the outcome of the unsuccessful appeal; there are no special reasons to depart from the ordinary rule.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed. Applicants/appellants to pay respondents' costs.

Orders

["The applicants for leave to appeal, otherwise the appellants, pay the respondents' costs of the application for leave to appeal and of the appeal (as the case may be)."]