Central Highlands Regional Council v Geju Pty Ltd
[2018] QCA 54
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Central Highlands Regional Council v Geju Pty Ltd[2018] QCA 54
Central Highlands Regional Council v Geju Pty Ltd[2018] QCA 54
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND
CITATION: | Central Highlands Regional Council v Geju Pty Ltd [2018] QCA 54 |
PARTIES: | CENTRAL HIGHLANDS REGIONAL COUNCIL |
FILE NO/S: | Appeal No of 13451 of 2016 SC No 4 of 2014 |
DIVISION: | Court of Appeal |
PROCEEDING: | General Civil Appeal – Further Orders |
ORIGINATING COURT: | Supreme Court at Mackay – [2016] QSC 279 |
DELIVERED ON: | 27 March 2018 |
DELIVERED AT: | Brisbane |
HEARING DATE: | 24 May 2017 |
JUDGES: | Fraser and McMurdo JJA and Brown J |
ORDERS: |
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CATCHWORDS: | APPEAL AND NEW TRIAL – PROCEDURE – QUEENSLAND – POWERS OF COURT – COSTS – where both parties agree that there is no reason to depart from the general rule that costs follow the event in respect of both the appeal and the proceeding at first instance Central Highlands Regional Council v Geju Pty Ltd [2018] QCA 38, related |
COUNSEL: | K N Wilson QC for the appellant C C Heyworth-Smith QC, with M T de Waard, for the respondent |
SOLICITORS: | King & Company Solicitors for the appellant Macrossan & Amiet Solicitors for the respondent |
- THE COURT: The Court allowed an appeal from a judgment given in the trial division in favour of the respondent, set aside that judgment, and entered judgment in favour of the appellant.[1] Pursuant to leave, the parties have made submissions about costs. The respondent agrees with the submission for the appellant that there is no reason to depart from the general rule that costs follow the event both in respect of the appeal and in respect of the proceeding at first instance.
- The further orders of the Court are:
- The respondent pay the appellant’s costs of the proceeding in the trial division.
- The respondent pay the appellant’s costs of the appeal.
Footnotes
[1] [2018] QCA 38.