An appeal against a costs order only is incompetent under s 253 of the Supreme Court Act 1995 (Qld) without leave of the trial judge, and the Court of Appeal will not permit an amendment to the notice of appeal to add a substantive ground where the amendment appears to be a device to circumvent that prohibition and there has been unexplained delay of over a year. Where actions are heard together but not consolidated, separate orders must be drawn in each action.
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