Lim & Ors v The Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs

In the High Court of Australia, Brennan ACJ delivered judgment in proceedings between Mr. Chu Kheng Lim and numerous other individuals, identified as the first and second-named plaintiffs, and the Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs and the Commonwealth of Australia, as the first and second-named defendants. The dispute concerned matters related to immigration and ethnic affairs.

The central legal issue before the Court was the determination of costs following the substantive judgment delivered on 8 December 1992. The parties had made written submissions specifically on this question after the Court's principal decision.

Brennan ACJ, on behalf of the Court, ordered that each party was to bear their own costs of the proceedings in the High Court. This decision was made after the Court had heard the matter and received subsequent written submissions on the issue of costs.