Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian Workcover Authority (No 2) does not prescribe a mandatory list of matters that must be addressed in every Calderbank costs application; the question remains quintessentially discretionary. Trial judges disposing of costs questions need not give elaborate reasons, and the Court of Appeal will assume all matters debated in argument were considered. On stay applications, where a controlling director swears to the respondent company's solvency, the Court will take that at face value, but legal representatives are under an obligation to draw attention to any matter suggesting the financial position may change.
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