Catchwords:

COSTS – party/party – appeals – court’s discretion – where appellant filed a submitting appearance and did not cause or contribute to the first respondent’s costs in the proceedings below – where appellant did not cause the errors the subject of the proceedings below – where the proceedings below could not be resolved by consent – whether failure by primary judge to take into account considerations relevant to the costs discretion – order as to costs set aside

COSTS – appeals – Suitors’ Fund – whether decision of claims assessor under the Motor Accidents Compensation Act 1999 (NSW) is a decision of a “court or tribunal” for the purposes of the Suitors’ Fund Act 1951 (NSW) – whether judicial review pursuant to s 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) constitutes “an appeal” for the purposes of s 6 of the Suitors’ Fund Act