where the Court dismissed the appellant’s appeal from a decision of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Quick Take
1A successful respondent in an appeal is not disentitled to costs merely because the court accepted submissions made by an intervener that the respondent adopted, as adopting those submissions avoids unnecessary or duplicative costs.
2Where an appellant commences an appeal as a third proceeding challenging the same resolution, the respondent is a necessary party entitled to costs upon the appeal's dismissal, notwithstanding that the respondent did not persist with one contention or that some of the appellant's contentions were accepted on reasoning that did not affect the outcome.
