Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Houston v State of New South Wales [2020] FCA 1099 Appeal from: Houston v State of New South Wales [2020] FCA 502
File number: NSD 491 of 2020
Judge: JAGOT J
Date of judgment: 5 August 2020
Catchwords: COSTS – application for leave to appeal – where primary judge refused to make a maximum costs order – where applicant contends that primary judge misapplied the law – where applicant contends that primary judge took into account an irrelevant consideration – where applicant contends that primary judge failed to take into account a relevant consideration – where applicant contends that primary judge denied the applicant procedural fairness – application dismissed
Legislation: Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) rr 40.51, 40.51(1) Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) s 39(2) Land and Environment Court Act 1979 (NSW) s 16(1A)
Cases cited: Hanisch v Strive Pty Ltd [1997] FCA 303; 74 FCR 384 House v The King [1936] HCA 40; 55 CLR 499 McKay Super Solutions Pty Ltd (Trustee) v Bellamy's Australia Ltd (No 2) [2019] FCA 215 Spencer v Commonwealth [2018] FCAFC 17; 262 FCR 344
Date of hearing: 21 July 2020
Registry: New South Wales
Division: General Division
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Category: Catchwords
Number of paragraphs: 46
Counsel for the Applicant: B Nolan
Solicitor for the Applicant: Webb & Boland Lawyers
Counsel for the Respondent: J Kirk SC with C Winnett
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