COSTS – where applicant in defamation proceedings successfully resisted interlocutory applications brought by the respondents seeking orders pursuant to r 30.01 of the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) to determine the serious harm element of the tort as a separate matter – application also brought by the respondents in one proceeding pursuant to s 10A(4)-(6) of the Defamation Act 2005 (Vic) for the serious harm element to be determined separately and in advance of any trial in the proceeding and for the question of meanings to be determined separately and in advance of any trial – no reason the usual rule that costs follow the event should not apply – no occasion to order that costs be payable forthwith
Original article available at: https://www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgments/Judgments/fca/single/2023/2023fca1546
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