COST BITES 384: THE LOSER OF AN APPLICATION USUALLY PAYS AND THERE HAS TO BE A GOOD REASON IF THEY DON’T: APPEAL COURT OVERTURNS A DECISION TO THE CONTRARY

Here we have an unusual case where, on appeal, a costs decision  in favour of a defendant was overturned on the basis that that there was no good reason not to apply the normal principle that "the loser pays". "There would, in my view, have to be a significant reason, grounded in the Appellant's con...