The NT Court of Appeal, having dismissed the application for leave to appeal in contempt proceedings, ordered costs against the unsuccessful applicants both at first instance and on appeal. The Court held that the respondent's pre-trial conduct — including failing to respond to the applicants' solicitors' requests for an explanation — did not disentitle him to costs where the underlying consent order had been found ambiguous at both levels and the respondent had attributed a reasonable alternative meaning to it.
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