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COSTS – Unsuccessful interim injunction – Successful application for stay – Late withdrawal of personal grievance claim – Applicants claimed respondent breached collective employment agreement (“CEA”) in its appointment of people to senior positions - Respondent sought contribution of $9,000 for interim injunction – Respondent claimed applicants’ made serious allegations without merit, inappropriately named Chief Executive as party and delayed application requiring urgent investigation – Applicants claimed contribution of $3,000 from both applicants would be generous for investigation meeting taking 31/2 hours – Respondent sought full solicitor-client costs of $975 on grounds application for stay an “indulgence” – Applicants claimed contribution of $400 appropriate when respondents unsuccessfully opposed application – Respondent claimed contribution of $10,000 for grievance claim because applicants failed to comply with timetable, continued claim with no tenable evidence and late withdrawal of claim – Applicants claimed costs should lie where they fall – Authority found contribution of $4,500 from both applicants appropriate for interim injunction because of delays and urgency in which disposed of – Found application of stay an indulgence and warranted full solicitor-client costs – Found respondent entitled to oppose application when allegations serious and subsequently found no breach of CEA – Found contribution of $3,000 for grievance claim appropriate – Application should have been withdrawn earlier which would have prevented respondents from preparing for full investigation meeting – Costs in favour of respondent |