Phak and Xu

The applicant, Phak, sought costs against the respondent, Xu, in proceedings before Cronin J. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text, but the application for costs was made following written submissions filed by both parties in November 2018.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the applicant was entitled to an order for costs against the respondent. This required the court to consider the submissions made by each party regarding the costs of the proceedings.

Cronin J dismissed the application for costs. While the precise reasoning is not elaborated upon in the provided text, the outcome indicates that the court found no grounds to award costs in favour of the applicant. The court's decision was to dismiss both the applicant's application and the respondent's response concerning costs.

The final orders of the court were that the application for costs by the applicant, as detailed in the written submissions of 16 November 2018 and the response filed on 23 November 2018, were both dismissed. This outcome is subject to the formal entry of the order in the Court’s records.