11 Oct 2019
Rule 14.8(1) mandates determination of costs on interlocutory applications when the application is decided; no special reasons existed to reserve costs here, and the defendant’s claimed items complied with the scale except for the 'Filing affidavits in support' item which was disallowed; accordingly costs were awarded to the defendant on the 2B scale less that disallowed item.
28 Mar 2012
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.
25 Nov 2010
Because the parties agreed that costs were payable by the appellant on the standard appeal Band A basis plus usual disbursements, the Court ordered that the appellant pay the first respondent's costs on that basis.
4 Sept 2009
The interpleader application was sufficiently substantive to be categorised and treated as a 'statement of claim type' proceeding for costs; standard category 2B scale applied yielding $14,720; uplift to band C for preparation and indemnity costs were declined because the respondent's conduct did not meet the threshold of exceptional circumstances required for increased or indemnity costs.