10 Jul 2019
The appeal failed because the judge properly exercised discretion to refuse costs: despite acquittal, objective dashcam evidence and the circumstances showed the appellant had driven without adequate caution and created the risk, so an award of costs was not warranted; acquittal alone does not mandate costs where the defendant's conduct reasonably justifies refusal.
1 Mar 2007
The application for a stay of execution was refused because the applicant failed to show the appeal was highly likely to succeed and the plaintiff's offer to have recovered costs held by its solicitors removed the asserted risk that funds could not be returned.
15 Sept 2003
Interlocutory judgment for plaintiff affirmed in assessment: where the tenant breached the lease and left the premises in disrepair and failed to remedy, the landlord lawfully incurred costs to reinstate and clear debris and is entitled to recover proven repair, reinstatement, lost rent and outgoings under the lease covenants; mitigation by re‑letting was properly accounted for; plaintiff awarded total damages, interest from writ date and costs.
10 Mar 1992
The court found the two neighbouring owners' complaints justified and therefore reasonable under Clause 8, concluded the defendant breached the covenant by keeping dogs causing a nuisance, and awarded the plaintiff costs despite the abandonment of injunctions because the defendant failed to defend.