Bradbury and Lander (No. 3)

In *Bradbury and Lander (No. 3)*, the applicant sought costs from the respondent following proceedings before Gill J. The dispute concerned contravention proceedings and the subsequent imposition of a bond upon the respondent.

The court was required to determine the appropriate basis for awarding costs to the applicant, specifically how to apportion those costs in light of the different stages of the proceedings and the outcomes reached at each stage.

Gill J ordered that the respondent pay the applicant's costs on a divided basis. Half of the applicant's costs were awarded in relation to the commencement of the contravention proceedings and the period from their commencement until the judgment on 24 January 2019. The applicant's full costs were awarded from the delivery of the judgment on contraventions until the delivery of the judgment imposing the bond on 14 March 2019.