Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Coutts v Close [2014] FCA 141 Citation: Coutts v Close [2014] FCA 141
Parties: BRETT COUTTS v LEANNE CLOSE, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE and COMMISSIONER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
File number: ACD 72 of 2013
Judge: GRIFFITHS J
Date of judgment: 28 February 2014
Catchwords: COSTS – whether circumstances justified departure from general rule that costs should follow the event
Legislation: Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (Cth)
Cases cited: Canadian Pacific Tobacco Ltd v Stapleton (1952) 86 CLR 1 Coutts v Close [2014] FCA 19
Date of hearing: 2-5 December 2013, 19 December 2013
Date of last submissions: 25 February 2014
Place: Sydney
Division: GENERAL DIVISION
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 10
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr F J Purnell SC and Ms K Katavic
Solicitor for the Applicant: Maurice Blackburn
Counsel for the Respondents: Mr G McCarthy
Solicitor for the Respondents: Clayton Utz
IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES DISTRICT REGISTRY GENERAL DIVISION ACD 72 of 2013
BETWEEN: BRETT COUTTS
Applicant
AND: LEANNE CLOSE, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
First Respondent
COMMISSIONER OF THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Second Respondent
JUDGE: GRIFFITHS J DATE OF ORDER: 28 FEBRUARY 2014 WHERE MADE: SYDNEY
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The applicant is to pay the respondents' costs of and incidental to the proceedings as agreed or assessed. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
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