Allplastics Engineering Pty Ltd v Dornoch Ltd

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Interlocutory costs orders
  4. › Costs as penalty for non-compliance with court orders
  5. › Whether costs order punitive rather than compensatory
  6. › Purpose of costs orders
  7. › Whether discretion miscarried
  8. › District Court Act 1973 (NSW), s 148B
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Duty to give reasons for costs orders
  4. › Whether reasons required for non-routine costs orders
  5. › Whether absence of reasons indicates miscarriage of discretion
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Procedural fairness
  3. › Costs orders
  4. › Whether party must be heard before non-routine costs order imposed
  5. › Whether denial of opportunity to be heard constitutes miscarriage
• 1. Appeal
  2. › Leave to appeal
  3. › Extension of time
  4. › Costs orders
  5. › Whether premature to appeal before final outcome known
  6. › Whether delay prejudicial

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