The Public Advocate & Ors v C, B (No 2)

• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Entitlement to costs
  4. › Party whose submissions largely echoed those of another party
  5. › Whether party with independent interest entitled to costs
  6. › Apportionment of costs
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Discretion
  4. › Family dispute
  5. › Whether costs order would aggravate disharmony between family members
  6. › Refusal to award costs between family members
• 1. Practice and Procedure
  2. › Costs
  3. › Taxation
  4. › Whether separate taxation should be ordered for notice of contention costs
  5. › Undesirability of separate taxation where costs not likely to be substantial

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