The case provides a convenient summary of the recognised categories of special circumstances that may warrant indemnity costs, drawn from Federal Court and Victorian authorities. A party seeking indemnity costs on the basis that the opposing party commenced proceedings without standing must demonstrate that the opposing party actually appreciated the hopelessness of its position; mere lack of standing is insufficient where ignorance is an equally plausible explanation.
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