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Yolla Holdings Pty Ltd v Aion Corporation Pty Ltd

[2014] QCA 156

SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND

CITATION:	Yolla Holdings Pty Ltd v Aion Corporation Pty Ltd & Anor [2014] QCA 156
PARTIES:	YOLLA HOLDINGS PTY LTD ACN 138 802 829 (appellant) v AION CORPORATION PTY LTD ACN 136 497 731 (first respondent) HOPE ISLAND RESORT PRIMARY THOROUGHFARE BODY CORPORATE (second respondent)
FILE NO/S:	Appeal No 8047 of 2013 SC No 6834 of 2012
DIVISION:	Court of Appeal
PROCEEDING:	General Civil Appeal – Further Order
ORIGINATING COURT:	Supreme Court at Brisbane
DELIVERED ON:	27 June 2014
DELIVERED AT:	Brisbane
HEARING DATE:	Heard on the papers
JUDGES:	Chief Justice and Fraser and Gotterson JJA Separate reasons for judgment of each member of the Court, each concurring as to the order made
ORDER:	The first respondent be granted an indemnity certificate in respect of the appeal pursuant to s 15(1) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld).
CATCHWORDS:	APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – QUEENSLAND – APPEAL COSTS FUND – POWER TO GRANT INDEMNITY CERTIFICATE – WHEN GRANTED – where the appellant’s appeal was allowed with costs – where the appeal turned on a statutory construction issue and the Court found that views about the proper construction of the relevant provision might reasonably differ – whether the first respondent should be granted an indemnity certificate Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld), s 15 Lauchlan v Hartley [1980] Qd R 149, cited Meridien AB Pty Ltd & Anor v Jackson & Ors [2013] QCA 170, cited
COUNSEL:	No appearance for the appellant No appearance for the first respondent, the first respondent’s submissions were heard on the papers No appearance for the second respondent
SOLICITORS:	Baxters Solicitors for the appellant H W Litigation for the first respondent No appearance for the second respondent

[1] CHIEF JUSTICE: I have read the reasons for judgment of Fraser JA. I agree with the proposed order, and those reasons.

[2] FRASER JA: Earlier this month, the Court allowed an appeal against a declaration that certain land was “primary thoroughfare” within the meaning of s 33 of the Integrated Resort Development Act 1987 (Qld) and the appellant was the registered proprietor of that land: Yolla Holdings Pty Ltd v Aion Corporation Pty Ltd & Anor [2014] QCA 137. The first respondent was ordered to pay the appellant’s costs of the appeal. The first respondent has now applied for the grant of an indemnity certificate in respect of the appeal pursuant to s 15(1) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld).

[3] In allowing the appeal, the Court found that, whilst the construction preferred by the primary judge should not be accepted, views about the proper construction of the relevant provisions might reasonably differ: [2014] QCA 137 at [40]. It is evident from those reasons and the reasons of the primary judge that the proper construction of the relevant provisions called for a “nice balancing of competing considerations so that the opposing views may properly be regarded as fairly arguable”: Lauchlan v Hartley [1980] Qd R 149 at 151. In these circumstances, the discretion to grant an indemnity certificate is enlivened: see Lauchlan v Hartley and Meridien AB Pty Ltd & Anor v Jackson & Ors [2013] QCA 170 at [2].

[4] I would order that the first respondent be granted an indemnity certificate in respect of the appeal pursuant to s 15(1) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld).

[5] GOTTERSON JA: I agree with the order proposed by Fraser JA and with the reasons given by his Honour.

Editorial Notes

Published Case Name:
Yolla Holdings Pty Ltd v Aion Corporation Pty Ltd & Anor
Shortened Case Name:
Yolla Holdings Pty Ltd v Aion Corporation Pty Ltd
MNC:
[2014] QCA 156
Court:
QCA
Judge(s):
de Jersey CJ, Fraser JA, Gotterson JA
Date:
27 Jun 2014

Litigation History

Event	Citation or File	Date	Notes
QCA Interlocutory Judgment	[2014] QCA 156	27 Jun 2014	-

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