Edwards v Virgin Blue International Pty Ltd

In *Edwards v Virgin Blue International Pty Ltd*, the Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia considered an application for costs following an appeal. The appellant, Mr. Edwards, sought orders for the costs of the appeal and the costs of a hearing in the Magistrates Court.

The primary legal issue before the Full Court was the appropriate allocation of costs, specifically whether the respondent, Virgin Blue International Pty Ltd, should be ordered to pay the appellant's costs of the appeal and how the costs of the Magistrates Court hearing should be determined.

The Court, in allowing the application, ordered that the respondent pay the appellant's costs of the appeal to the Full Court, with liberty to tax those costs immediately and for them to be payable forthwith. Regarding the costs of the hearing in the Magistrates Court on 9 August 2019, the Court reserved these to the Magistrates Court, reasoning that the Magistrate was better placed to assess where the burden of those costs should fall.