Griffiths v Boral Resources (Qld) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2006] FCAFC 196

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Griffiths v Boral Resources (Qld) Pty Ltd (No 2) [2006] FCAFC 196

COSTS - whether order as to costs should be varied - whether there should be any order as to costs in the proceeding below COSTS - whether costs should be set-off against the judgment debt - whether the court should order that the respondent pay the costs of the appeal directly to the legal representatives in circumstances where counsel are acting pro bono Held: The respondent should not bear the burden of the costs below. The respondent should have to pay the applicant's costs of and incidental to the appeal. No order should be made to the effect that the respondent pay the costs of the appeal directly to the applicants' legal representatives. Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) ss 43 (2), 58 Federal Proceedings (Costs) Act 1981 (Cth) ss 6, 14 Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (Cth) Federal Court Rules O 80 r 9 (2)

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Commercial and General Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2002] FCA 1349 not followed Baker v Campbell (1983) 153 CLR 52 cited Black-Clawson International Ltd v Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg AG [1975] AC 591 cited Brimaud v Boston Securities Entertainment Investments Pty Ltd [1998] FCA 1392 considered Corporate Affairs Commission of New South Wales v Yuill (1991) 172 CLR 319 cited Edwards v Hope (1885) 14 QBD 922 cited Esso Australia Resources Ltd v The Commissioner of Taxation (1997) 144 ALR 458 considered Griffiths v Boral Resources (Qld) Pty Limited [2006] FCAFC 149 cited Holder v Searle [1998] FCA 1776 considered Inn Leisure Industries Pty Ltd (prov liq appointed) v DF McCloy Pty Ltd (1991) 28 FCR 151 considered In re A Debtor No. 21 of 1950 (No 2), ex parte The Petitioning Creditors v The Debtor [1951] 1 Ch 612 applied Jamal v Secretary Department of Health (1988) 14 NSWLR 252 cited Kostka v Addison [1986] 1 QdR 416 cited Lockley v National Blood Transfusion Service [1992] 2 All ER 589 cited In re a Debtor No. 21 of 1950, ex parte The Debtor v Bowmaker Ltd and another [1951] 1 Ch 313 cited Reid v Cupper [1915] 2 KB 147 cited Ruddock v Vadarlis (2001) 115 FCR 229 cited Schokker v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 181 ALR 597 cited Worrell v Power and Power (1993) 46 FCR 214 distinguished GE Dal Pont, Law of Costs, LexisNexis Butterworths, 2003 SR Derham, The Law of Set-Off, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, 2003 DAVID JAMES GRIFFITHS v BORAL RESOURCES (QLD) PTY LIMITED QUD 311 OF 2005