Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Arnold Bloch Leibler (a Firm) v Slater & Gordon Limited (No 2) [2020] FCA 1744 File number: VID 54 of 2020
Judgment of: MIDDLETON J
Date of judgment: 4 December 2020
Catchwords: COSTS – Costs to follow event of proceeding being dismissed – losing party obtaining some benefit of findings of the Court – no reason not to follow usual rule that costs follow the event.
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth)
Cases cited: Arnold Bloch Leibler (a firm) v Slater & Gordon Limited [2020] FCA 1496 Gray v Richards (No 2) (2014) 315 ALR 1 Northern Territory v Sangare (2019) 265 CLR 164
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Other Federal Jurisdiction
Number of paragraphs: 15
Date of last submissions: 27 November 2020 (Respondent) 30 November 2020 (Applicant)
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Counsel for the Applicant: Mr N M Bender with Ms G Coleman
Solicitor for the Applicant: Norton Rose Fulbright
Counsel for the Respondent: Mr D J Batt QC with Ms C van Proctor
Solicitor for the Respondent: Minter Ellison
ORDERS VID 54 of 2020
BETWEEN: ARNOLD BLOCH LEIBLER (A FIRM) Applicant
AND: SLATER & GORDON LIMITED (ACN 097 297 400) Respondent
order made by: MIDDLETON J DATE OF ORDER: 4 December 2020
THE COURT ORDERS THAT:
1. The Applicant pay the costs of the proceeding of the Respondent, on a party party basis, to be assessed if not agreed. Note: Entry of orders is dealt with in Rule 39.32 of the Federal Court Rules 2011.
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