Healy v Logan City Council (No.2)
[2020] QDC 104 · Sheridan DCJ
This decision dealt only with who should pay the legal costs after the plaintiff's claim against Logan City Council had already been dismissed. The court had delivered its main judgment on 16 April 2020, in which no damages were awarded to the plaintiff. The parties were then asked to try to agree on costs or make written submissions. The plaintiff, who by this stage was representing herself, did not file any submissions. The council asked for an order that the plaintiff pay its costs on the standard basis. The court agreed that, given the plaintiff had lost her claim, this was the appropriate outcome and ordered her to pay the council's costs. This ruling did not decide any injury or damages question; it simply resolved the question of costs after the earlier loss.
Incident & injury
Not stated in this costs judgment; substantive claim brought primarily in negligence against the defendant.
Quick facts
- Date of judgment
- 3 June 2020
- Claim type
- WCRA Common Law
- Proceeding
- Costs
- Plaintiff outcome
- Unsuccessful
- Plaintiff age at injury
- Occupation
- Not stated
Outcome
This was a costs judgment following the dismissal of the plaintiff's negligence claim. The court ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs of and incidental to the proceedings on the standard basis.
Key issues
Healy v Logan City Council (No.2) [2020] QDC 104
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