Attorney-General & Minister for Justice v Gregory [see also CA98.409] [1998] QCA 429

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL [1998] QCA 429 SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND Appeal No.5511 of 1998 Brisbane [A-G & Minister for Justice v Gregory] BETWEEN: THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Appellant AND: GREG GREGORY Respondent de Jersey CJ McMurdo P White J Judgment delivered 4 December 1998 Further Order delivered 18 December 1998 Further Order of the Court. RESPONDENT TO PAY THE APPELLANT'S COSTS OF AND INCIDENTAL TO THE APPEAL TO BE TAXED. CATCHWORDS: COSTS - whether costs order appropriate where appeal seeking to have a solicitor struck off allowed. Counsel: Mr P. Keane QC, with him Mr G. Cooper for the appellant. Mr A. Glynn SC for the respondent. Solicitors: Mr B.T. Dunphy, Crown Solicitor for the appellant. Price and Roobottom for the respondent. Hearing Date: 19 November 1998 -- 1 of 3 -- IN THE COURT OF APPEAL SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND Appeal No.5511 of 1998 Brisbane Before de Jersey CJ McMurdo P White J [A-G & Minister for Justice v Gregory] BETWEEN: THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE Appellant AND: GREG GREGORY Respondent REASONS FOR FURTHER ORDER - THE COURT Judgment delivered 4 December 1998 Further Order delivered 18 December 1998 1 Following the delivery of judgment on 4 December 1998, the appellant requested that we order the respondent to pay his costs of and incidental to the appeal. The Court has a general discretion in that regard. There is no particular reason why, in this case, costs should not follow the event. We note that in each of Minister for Justice and Attorney General (Queensland) v. Bax, unreported, Court of Appeal, 12 May 1998 and Minister for Justice and Attorney General (Queensland) v. Brown, unreported, Court of Appeal, 11 June 1993, the Court, allowing the appeal and ordering that the practitioner be struck off the Roll of Solicitors, also ordered the respondent to pay the appellant's costs. There will, in this case, be an order that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of and incidental to the appeal to be taxed. -- 2 of 3 -- -- 3 of 3 --