An indemnity certificate under s 15 of the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973 (Qld) will be refused where the unsuccessful respondent's own unmeritorious conduct — such as seeking to re-open a case to depart from common ground at trial — contributed to the error of the court below, even though the grant of a certificate is not confined to cases where the respondent played no part in the reversed decision.
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