Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Hillier v Martin (No 21) [2024] FCA 546 File number(s): SAD 113 of 2020
Judgment of: O'SULLIVAN J
Date of judgment: 24 May 2024
Catchwords: COSTS — variation of costs order — where orders made that the fourth, fifth and sixth respondents pay the costs of and incidental to the applicant's interlocutory application — where fourth, fifth and sixth respondents seek a variation to costs order — whether payment of costs is unjust and does not properly reflect the role of the parties having regard to the circumstances of the interlocutory application — application for variation of costs order granted — order reducing the amount of the applicant's costs payable by the fourth, fifth and sixth respondents to 80%
Legislation: Federal Court of Australia Act 1976 (Cth), s 43(2)
Cases cited: Hillier v Martin (No 19) [2024] FCA 210 Hockey v Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd (No 2) [2015] FCA 750 Hughes v Western Australian Cricket Assn Inc [1986] FCA 465; (1986) 19 FCR 10; [1906] ATPR 40-748 at 48, 136
Division: General Division
Registry: South Australia
National Practice Area: Commercial and Corporations
Sub-area: Commercial Contracts, Banking, Finance and Insurance
Number of paragraphs: 41
Date of last submission: 10 May 2024
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