Golding v Vella (No 2) [2001] NSWSC 731

Where neither party is significantly more successful than the other and each has enjoyed some measure of success in contested proceedings, it is appropriate that each bear their own costs.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 29 August 2001
Procedural Posture: Equity / Costs Judgment
Outcome: Each party bear its own costs
Legal Topics: ['costs' 'contract' 'relief Against Forfeiture']

['civil Procedure'] ['costs' 'contract' 'relief Against Forfeiture']

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Procedural Posture

Equity / Costs Judgment

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether the general rule that costs follow the event should be departed from when both parties have enjoyed substantial success' "Nature of 'success' for the purpose of costs in contested proceedings involving multiple issues"]

Ratio Decidendi

Where neither party is significantly more successful than the other and each has enjoyed some measure of success in contested proceedings, it is appropriate that each bear their own costs.

Court Disposition

Each party bear its own costs

Orders

['Each party bear its own costs']