4 Nov 2013
Award costs to the respondent on a 2B basis; GST is not recoverable on costs but is recoverable on disbursements; costs of the leave application, costs of opposing the leave application, costs of preparing the common bundle, and reasonable travel disbursements for out‑of‑town counsel are allowed.
4 Nov 2008
The High Court held the Agency's travel guidelines were lawful provided they permit grants officers to exercise discretion and depart from the policy in appropriate cases; 'exceptional circumstances' in the guidelines did not impose an unlawful fetter or a materially higher threshold than 'special circumstances'; however the Agency's refusal to approve the travel in the specific facts was manifestly unreasonable, so the Panel's substantive result was upheld and the Agency's appeal dismissed.