Australia, May 14 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on April 14:
1. This is an application by the cross-defendant ("IAL") for payment of its costs of these proceedings, on an indemnity basis, by the defendant/cross-claimant ("Mr Streeter") following judgment being given by me in IAL's favour (Lynch v Bredbo Pty Ltd [2025] NSWDC 54).
2. The parties have provided written submissions so that the issue of costs may be determined "on the papers".
3. IAL's application for indemnity costs is brought on two bases:
a) Mr Streeter, the unsuccessful party, falsely and deliberately concocted evidence and/or unnecessarily prolonged a hearing with deliberately false allegations of fact.
b) Alternati...