
- Unreported Judgment
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
PARTIES: |
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FILE NO/S: |
SC No 6834 of 2012 |
Court of Appeal |
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PROCEEDING: |
General Civil Appeal – Further Order |
ORIGINATING COURT: |
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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 |