Citi Project Marketing (Qld) Pty Ltd v VG Projects Pty Ltd

Citi Project Marketing (Qld) Pty Ltd and VG Projects Pty Ltd were involved in a dispute that was heard in the Supreme Court of Queensland. The dispute centred around an application for an order winding up the first applicant, which was dismissed. Another application sought a declaration that an extraordinary general meeting was valid, which was successful. The second, third and fourth respondents sought an order for costs from the second applicant and the fifth respondent, who did not appear in either application.

The legal issues the court had to decide involved the general principles and exercise of discretion regarding costs in civil proceedings, as well as the allowance of reserved costs after judgment. The court had to determine whether the second applicant and the fifth respondent should pay the costs of the first, second, third and fourth respondents in both applications, as well as the interlocutory hearings. The court also had to consider whether the fifth respondent should pay the successful parties’ costs, given their non-appearance.

The court found that the second applicant and the fifth respondent should pay the costs of the first, second, third and fourth respondents in both applications. The costs were reserved at interlocutory hearings, and the second, third and fourth respondents sought an order that the second applicant and fifth respondent pay their costs for those hearings. The court ruled that the second applicant and fifth respondent ought to pay the successful parties’ costs for the interlocutory hearings of 3, 6 and 12 January 2017.

The court ordered that the second applicant and the fifth respondent pay the costs of the first, second, third and fourth respondents in both applications, as well as the interlocutory hearings. This included the costs for the hearings of 3, 6 and 12 January 2017. The court found that the second applicant and fifth respondent should bear the costs, despite the non-appearance of the fifth respondent.