The principle in s 16B of the Native Title (South Australia) Act 1994 — that each party bear its own costs in proceedings involving native title questions — is relevant to the exercise of the costs discretion even in proceedings not brought under that Act, where native title considerations are at the forefront of the hearing. Where both parties share responsibility for a jurisdictional error that necessitated an appeal, costs may not follow the event despite the appellant's success.
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