Coastwide Steel and Metal Work Pty Ltd v Douglas (No. 2)

Coastwide Steel and Metal Work Pty Ltd (the appellant) sought orders from the Court of Appeal of New South Wales concerning costs in a workers' compensation matter. The specific dispute involved a motion filed by the appellant on 8 August 2008, the details of which are not fully elaborated in the provided text, but it clearly related to the costs of the proceedings.

The primary legal issue before the Court of Appeal was whether to hear and determine the appellant's motion regarding costs. This required the Court to consider the appropriate procedural path for resolving the cost dispute, including the necessity of referring the motion to a bench of three judges for hearing and determination.

Basten JA, constituting the Court for this purpose, determined that the motion filed by the appellant should indeed be referred to the Court of Appeal for hearing and determination. This decision indicates that the matter raised by the motion was considered significant enough to warrant a full hearing by the appellate court.

Consequently, the Court ordered that the motion filed on 8 August 2008 be referred to the Court of Appeal for hearing and determination. Furthermore, the Court directed the appellant to serve any affidavit upon which it intended to rely by Friday, 5 September 2008, thereby setting a procedural timetable for the further conduct of the matter.