Bartlett & Anor v Brisbane City Council [2003] QCA 162

1 [2003] QCA 162 COURT OF APPEAL McMURDO P FRYBERG J MUIR J Appeal No 2359 of 2003 WILLIAM A BARTLETT and JANETTE R BARTLETT Respondents (Applicants) and BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL Applicant (Respondent) BRISBANE ..DATE 16/04/2003 JUDGMENT -- 1 of 3 -- 16042003 T11/JAP22 M/T COA74/2003 JUDGMENT 2 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 MR D R GORE QC, with him MR M E RACKEMANN (instructed by Brisbane City Legal Practice) for the applicant RESPONDENT W A BARTLETT appeared on behalf of the respondents THE PRESIDENT: This is an application for leave to appeal from a decision of Judge Brabazon in the Planning and Environment Court. The applicant has on the invitation of the Court agreed that if leave is given it may be a term of the leave that the applicant indemnify the respondents for their costs of, and incidental to the appeal; such indemnity being limited to the costs of a Brisbane solicitor and two Brisbane counsel. The applicant makes very clear that concession is by no means a precedent in future cases and is limited to the special considerations that apply to this case. The applicant has established that an arguable error of law may have been made that warrants determination on appeal. Furthermore, the case raises issues of some public importance to the Brisbane City Council and perhaps other councils and to individuals in multi dwellings. It is, for these reasons, an appropriate case in which leave to appeal should be given. I would grant the application for leave to appeal, conditional on the applicant/appellant indemnifying the respondents for their costs of, and incidental to the appeal, such indemnity being limited to the costs of a Brisbane solicitor and two Brisbane counsel. -- 2 of 3 -- 16042003 T11/JAP22 M/T COA74/2003 JUDGMENT 3 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 FRYBERG J: I agree and I would add for the sake of clarity that I would construe that condition as including the costs of obtaining the transcript of today's proceedings. MUIR J: I agree. THE PRESIDENT: That is the order of the Court. A transcript of today's proceedings should be made for the benefit of the respondents future legal representatives. ----- -- 3 of 3 --