| Summary |
COSTS - Unsuccessful claim about jurisdiction - Two day investigation meeting - Respondent sought $10,000 contribution to costs - Respondent claimed complex factual and legal issues involved - Applicants submitted costs should lie where they fall because law under which claims based relatively new and untested, applicants did not engage in any sham and were impecunious - Authority accepted complex legal and factual issues involved - Found no previous determinations or judgments on issue - However, while issue novel could not be said to be test case and therefore principles applying to such cases did not apply - Found applicants may be in position to pay costs award over time - Applicants jointly and severally liable to pay respondent $6,000 contribution to costs |