The Protective Commissioner v "D" & Ors (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 477

The Protective Commissioner v "D" & Ors (No 2) [2004] NSWCA 477

The second respondents were joined as parties at the instigation of the Protective Commissioner, had a real interest in the proceedings, and the legal question decided was of general importance concerning all protected estates; therefore, the second respondents' costs should be paid by the Protective Commissioner on a common fund basis, not from D's estate or by themselves.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
21 December 2004
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment on Costs
Outcome
Costs order varied
Legal Topics
["protective Commissioner's Powers" 'payment for Past Gratuitous Care' 'common Fund Costs Orders']
['costs' 'protected Estates'] ["protective Commissioner's Powers" 'payment for Past Gratuitous Care' 'common Fund Costs Orders']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment on Costs

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the second respondents' costs should be paid out of D's estate or by the Protective Commissioner" 'Appropriate basis for awarding costs given the public interest and nature of the proceedings' 'Whether past costs orders should be set aside']

Ratio Decidendi

The second respondents were joined as parties at the instigation of the Protective Commissioner, had a real interest in the proceedings, and the legal question decided was of general importance concerning all protected estates; therefore, the second respondents' costs should be paid by the Protective Commissioner on a common fund basis, not from D's estate or by themselves.

Court Disposition

Costs order varied

Orders

  • ['Costs order made in Protective Commissioner (No 1) set aside.' "Protective Commissioner to pay the second respondents' costs of Protective Commissioner (No 1) on a common fund basis." "No order as to the Protective Commissioner's costs."]