Watton and Smart (Costs)

In *Watton and Smart (Costs)*, Judge Harman of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia was required to determine an application and a response filed by the parties concerning costs. The underlying dispute, which led to these applications, is not detailed in the provided text.

The central legal issue before the Court was the appropriate order for costs following the determination of the applications filed by the parties. Specifically, the Court had to decide whether to award costs to one party or order that each party bear their own costs.

Judge Harman ordered that each party was to pay their own costs of and incidental to the determination of all present and past applications. The Court also dismissed both the application filed on 30 October 2014 and the response filed on 20 November 2014, and removed all issues from the list of cases awaiting hearing.