Asprey and Delamarre (Costs)

The application concerned an application for costs made by the applicant, Asprey, following proceedings in the Supreme Court of New South Wales before Cleary J. The specific nature of the underlying dispute that led to the application for costs was not detailed in the provided text.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the applicant, Asprey, should be awarded costs in relation to the proceedings. This required the Court to consider the general principles governing the award of costs in litigation and any specific circumstances that might warrant a departure from the usual order.

Cleary J dismissed the applicant's oral application for costs and ordered that there be no order as to costs. This outcome suggests that the Court found no grounds to depart from the usual practice of parties bearing their own costs in the absence of specific reasons to order otherwise, or that the applicant failed to demonstrate sufficient cause for an award of costs in their favour.