On appeals against electoral redistribution orders under s 86 of the Constitution Act 1934 (SA), the general rule that costs follow the event applies where the parties are representatives of major political parties. The Court distinguished between individual electors (who may warrant costs protection) and political party representatives (who do not). A party intending to argue that a matter is a test case or public interest case for costs purposes should raise that argument before the hearing, not after an adverse result.
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