Federal Court of Australia
Federal Court of Australia
Zirk-Sadowski v University of New South Wales (No 4) [2024] FCA 813 File number(s): VID 680 of 2022
Judgment of: ANDERSON J
Date of judgment: 26 July 2024
Catchwords: COSTS – application for costs under s 570 of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) – where respondent alleged that the proceeding was instituted without reasonable cause, and the applicant had unreasonably continued proceedings – where applicant was self-represented – where respondent sought costs on an indemnity basis– costs awarded on a party and party basis
Legislation: Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) Federal Court of Australia Act 1986 (Cth)
Cases cited: Australian Building and Construction Commissioner v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (costs of Cup of Tea Case) [2019] FCAFC 36 Australian Workers Union v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (No 2) (2013) 232 FCR 428; FCAFC 23 Kennedy v Secretary, Department of Industry (No 2) [2015] FCA 884 Kennedy v Secretary, Department of Industry (No 4) [2017] FCAFC 7 Re Wilcox; Ex parte Venture Industries Pty Ltd (No 2) (1996) 72 FCR 151
Division: General Division
Registry: Victoria
National Practice Area: Administrative and Constitutional Law and Human Rights
Number of paragraphs: 28
Date of hearing: Determined on the papers
Counsel for the Applicant: The Applicant was self-represented
Counsel for the First Respondent: Mr A Pollock
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