The Court of Appeal declined to award indemnity costs despite a prior offer to settle by the respondent, holding that there was no unusual feature distinguishing the case from the norm that would justify departure from the standard basis of assessment. The appellant was ordered to pay the respondents' costs of the appeal on the standard assessed basis.
The full text is available to signed-in members, including the 13 later cases that cite this judgment.
2 of the 13 citing cases carry a classified treatment. How each court treated it is available to signed-in members.