Where the only orders affecting the rights and liabilities of the parties are costs orders, complaints about interlocutory rulings (such as refusal of standing or adjournment) that preceded those costs orders do not take the appeal outside the requirement for leave under s 253 of the Supreme Court Act 1995 (Qld). It is the character of the order ultimately made, not the grounds of complaint or the form of the appeal, that determines whether s 253 applies.
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