Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Matson v Attorney-General (Cth) (No 2) [2021] FCA 677 File number: QUD 254 of 2020
Judgment of: WHITE J
Date of judgment: 22 June 2021
Catchwords: COSTS – consideration of the discretion to award costs under s 43(2) of the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) – whether impecuniosity of the unsuccessful applicant sufficient to deny the successful parties of their costs – applicant to pay the costs of the first and second respondents.
Legislation: Extradition Act 1988 (Cth) s 22 Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth) s 43(2)
Cases cited: Matson v Attorney-General (Cth) [2021] FCA 161 Northern Territory v Sangare [2019] HCA 25; (2019) 265 CLR 164
Division: General Division
Registry: Queensland
National Practice Area: Federal Crime and Related Proceedings
Number of paragraphs: 23
Date of last submission/s: 14 April 2020
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Counsel for the Applicant: The Applicant was self-represented
Counsel for the First and Second Respondents: Mr G del Villar QC with Mr M McKechnie
Solicitor for the First and Second Respondents: Australian Government Solicitor
Counsel for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Respondents: The Third, Fourth and Fifth Respondents did not appear
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