Jeevaratnam and Anor v Combis and Anor (No.2)

In *Jeevaratnam and Anor v Combis and Anor (No.2)*, Judge Burchardt of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application for costs following earlier proceedings. The applicants sought to have the costs fixed by the court, while the respondents sought to recover their legal expenses.

The central legal issue before the court was the determination and fixation of costs payable by the applicants to the respondents. This involved assessing the reasonableness and quantum of the costs incurred by the respondents in the proceedings.

Judge Burchardt applied the principles of cost fixation under the Federal Circuit Court Rules 2001. The court reviewed the relevant materials and submissions to arrive at a figure that represented a fair and reasonable amount for the respondents' costs. The court ultimately ordered that the applicants pay each of the respondents’ costs, fixed in the sum of $7,044.00.