Porteous v Pharmacy Board of Australia (No 2)

Regina Porteous brought an application against the Pharmacy Board of Australia to review the Board's decision to suspend her registration. The Tribunal set aside the Board's decision and each party now makes a submission in relation to costs. The applicant seeks costs and the Board submits that the usual order be made, that is that each party pay its own cost. The Tribunal considered the application on the papers and found in favour of the applicant. The applicant now seeks an order that the Board pay her costs, and the Board submits that each party bear its own costs. The relevant statutory provisions and authorities were considered. The Tribunal found that there was no basis to depart from the usual order that each party bear its own costs. The Tribunal ordered that each party bear its own costs.