Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Australia China Business Bureau Pty Ltd v MCP Australia Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 1121 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – COSTS – whether costs should be apportioned on the basis of how issues were determined – whether the Court should exercise its discretion to apportion costs according to success or failure of one party or the other Dr Martens Australia Pty Ltd v Figgins Holdings Pty Ltd (No 2) [2000] FCA 602 referred to Australian Competition & Consumer Commission v IMB Group Pty Ltd [2002] FCA 886 applied Doric Products Pty Ltd v Lockwood Security Products Pty Ltd (2002) 54 IPR 495 applied Telstra Corporation Ltd v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Australia Ltd [2003] FCA 979 cited Expectation Pty Ltd v PRD Realty Pty Ltd [2003] FCA 1086 referred to Gladstone Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd v Wills (1984) 6 FCR 496 applied GEC Marconi Systems Pty Ltd v BHP Information Technology Pty Ltd [2003] 201 ALR 55 applied AUSTRALIA CHINA BUSINESS BUREAU PTY LTD v MCP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD & ORS N 1228 OF 2001 HELY J 20 OCTOBER 2003 SYDNEY
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY N 1228 OF 2001
BETWEEN: AUSTRALIA CHINA BUSINESS BUREAU
FIRST APPLICANT
McKECHNIE INVESTMENTS
SECOND APPLICANT
McKECHNIE PLC
THIRD APPLICANT
AND: MCP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
FIRST RESPONDENT
WINDOWARE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
THIRD RESPONDENT
SULLIVANS INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD
FOURTH RESPONDENT
M T SULLIVAN & CO PTY LTD
SIXTH RESPONDENT
MICHAEL SULLIVAN
SEVENTH RESPONDENT
BETWEEN: SULLIVANS INTERNATIONAL PTY LIMITED
CROSS CLAIMANT AND: McKECHNIE INVESTMENTS BV
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