Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Ex Christmas Islanders Association Inc v The Attorney-General for the Commonwealth
(No 2) [2006] FCA 671
COSTS – legal practitioner – award of costs against practitioner personally – applicable principles - incompetent preparation and presentation of application – unarguable application – failure to consider essential issues of law and fact - serious dereliction of duty – applicable principles - costs award against practitioner
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977 (Cth)
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 43
Federal Court Rules O 62 r 9
Ex-Christmas Islanders Association Inc v Attorney-General [2005] FCA 1867 cited
Knight v FP Special Assets Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 178 cited
Oasis Hotel Ltd v Zurich Insurance Co (1981) 124 DLR (3d) 455 cited
Lemoto v Able Technical Pty Ltd (2005) 63 NSWLR 300 cited
Myers v Elman [1940] AC 282 cited
Medcalf v Mardell [2003] 1 AC 120 cited
Harley v McDonald [2001] 2 AC 678 cited
Etna v Arif (1992) 2 VR 353 cited
Emanuel Management Pty Ltd (in liq) v Fosters Brewing Group Ltd [2004] 2 Qd R 11 cited
Martinovic v Chief Executive Queensland Transport [2005] 1 Qd R 502 cited
De Georgiou v Dunn (No 2) (2005) 65 NSWLR 285 cited
Jackson v Sterling Industries Ltd (1987) 162 CLR 612 cited
De Sousa v Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (1993) 41 FCR 544 cited
White Industries (Qld) Pty Ltd v Flower & Hart (a firm) (1998) 156 ALR 169 cited
Levick v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (2000) 102 FCR 155 cited
Kumar v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2004) 133 FCR 582 cited
Steindl Nominees Pty Ltd v Laghaifar [2003] 2 Qd R 683 cited
Tran v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs (No 2) [2006] FCA 199 cited
Carson v Legal Services Commission [2000] NSWCA 308 cited
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