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Boylan v Gallagher[2011] QCA 287
Boylan v Gallagher[2011] QCA 287
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
PARTIES: | |
FILE NO/S: | |
Court of Appeal | |
PROCEEDING: | General Civil Appeal – Further Orders |
ORIGINATING COURT: | |
DELIVERED ON: | Judgment delivered 16 September 2011 Further Orders delivered 14 October 2011 |
DELIVERED AT: | Brisbane |
HEARING DATE: | Heard on the papers |
JUDGES: | Fraser and Chesterman JJA and Philippides J Judgment of the Court |
FURTHER ORDERS: | 1. The respondent is to pay the appellant’s costs of the proceedings in the trial division, excluding the costs of the trial, to be assessed on the standard basis.2. Pursuant to s 15(1) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld), the respondent is granted an indemnity certificate in respect of the appeal. |
CATCHWORDS: | APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – QUEENSLAND – POWERS OF COURT – COSTS – where the appellant succeeded on appeal on a point conceded at trial – where the Court granted the parties leave to make submissions as to the costs of the proceedings in the trial division – where the respondent submitted that she should only be required to pay the appellant’s costs of the counterclaim excluding the costs of an incidental to trial – where the appellant submitted that costs should follow the event – whether the appellant should be awarded her costs of the proceedings in the trial division APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – APPEAL - PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – QUEENSLAND – APPEAL COSTS FUND – POWER TO GRANT INDEMNITY CERTIFICATE – GENERAL PRINCIPLES AS TO GRANT OR REFUSAL – where the respondent applied for an indemnity certificate – where the point upon which the appellant succeeded involved only a question of law arising from uncontentious facts – where the point was conceded by the appellant at trial – whether an indemnity certificate should be granted Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld), s 15(1) Boylan v Gallagher [2011] QCA 240, cited |
COUNSEL: | No appearance by the appellant, the appellant’s submissions were heard on the papers No appearance by the respondent, the respondent’s submissions were heard on the papers |
SOLICITORS: | Reichman Lawyers for the appellant Morgan Conley Lawyers for the respondent |