Attorney-General and 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

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.