28 Mar 2012
DANIEL THOMAS SPENCER RIDDIFORD V THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL COA CA48/2010
- Citation
- openlaw-3750e1ad_7ccd_42d8_8ecf_e01697fc9999.pdf
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Tribunal's general power to award costs under the LVP Act is derived from the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1908 by s19(14), but the 1903 Order prescribing a maximum costs award of £300 (now $600) enured into the COI Act and therefore circumscribes the Tribunal's power; the Tribunal exceeded that jurisdiction in awarding costs (including witness expenses) above that cap, so its costs order, and the consequential High Court costs order, were quashed.