23 Aug 2023
The Court has jurisdiction to award costs despite the debtor paying the judgment debt immediately before the hearing; conduct outside the proceedings cannot be taken into account; the defendant's conduct within the proceedings did not justify indemnity costs under the Bradbury test; costs awarded on a 2B basis with disbursements totaling $5,730.75.
27 Jan 2015
Disputes about 'reasonable costs' incurred in collecting levies under s124 fall within the Tenancy Tribunal's jurisdiction under s171(1A), so the Court will not order indemnity solicitor-client costs under the Act in this forum; however the Court may still award costs for the proceedings before it and accordingly awarded 2B scale costs and disbursements for steps relating to the statutory demand and liquidation proceedings, while reserving leave to pursue further costs before the Tenancy Tribunal and making no costs order for the exchange of memoranda.