Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Parker v Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (No 2) [2012] FCA 263 Citation: Parker v Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (No 2) [2012] FCA 263
Parties: GLENN PARKER, CARLY PARKER, GARRY LOPATTA and CLAY HUNTER v MINISTER FOR SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT, WATER, POPULATION AND COMMUNITIES
File number: VID 869 of 2009
Judge: BROMBERG J
Date of judgment: 21 March 2012
Catchwords: COSTS – whether sufficient special circumstances exist to justify departure from ordinary rule that successful party should have its costs – whether and to what extent proceeding raised novel question of general importance – whether and to what extent proceeding raised issues of public interest.
Legislation: Environment Protection and Biodiversity Protection Act 1999 (Cth) s 303EB(1)
Cases cited: Hollier v Australian Maritime Safety Authority (No 2) [1998] FCA 975 Mees v Kept (No 2) [2004] FCA 549 Oshlack v Richmond River Council (1998) 193 CLR 72 Ruddock v Vadarlis (No 2) (2001) 115 FCR 229 Save the Ridge Inc v Commonwealth (2006) 230 ALR 411 Wilderness Society Inc v Minister for Environment and Water Resources (2008) 101 ALD 1
Date of hearing: Heard on the papers
Place: Melbourne
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 9
Counsel for the Applicants: Mr S Wilson QC with Mr D Yarrow
Solicitor for the Applicants: Batten Sacks Harvey Bruce
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