Lauro v Minter Ellison (No 2)

The Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia considered an application for permission to appeal in proceedings between Lauro and Minter Ellison. The dispute concerned an application for permission to appeal against a decision of a single judge.

The primary legal issue before the Full Court was whether to grant permission to appeal. This required the Court to consider the merits of the proposed appeal and whether there were sufficient grounds to justify granting leave.

The Court applied the general principle that costs follow the event. In this instance, the respondent, Minter Ellison, was successful in its opposition to the application for permission to appeal. Consequently, the Court ordered that the respondent should recover its costs of and incidental to the application.