Neumann Contractors P/L v Peet Beachton Syndicate Limited (No 2) [2009] QSC 383

Procedure – Costs – Departing from the general rule – Other Cases – Failure in portion of a case – where the applicant’s application for judgment against the respondent was dismissed – where there were two issues to be determined in the proceedings: whether a payment claim complied with s 17 Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004 (Qld) and whether the applicant, through its employee, had engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct – where the respondent was successful on the first issue but failed to discharge its onus of proof on the second issue – where the applicant contends for a costs order pursuant to r 684 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) – whether costs should follow the event.....

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