The Court of Appeal granted the respondent an indemnity certificate under s 15(1)(b) of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld), extending time for the application. The certificate was appropriate because the appeal succeeded on a question of law involving the novel construction of s 50 PPRA, the respondent did not encourage the trial judge to depart from established authority, and the inadequacy of the trial judge's reasons was not attributable to the respondent.
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