We have successfully defended a costs application by The Trustee for the Tancred Family Trust T/A CQESS against A Whole New Approach Pty Ltd, which was made following our lodgement of an unfair dismissal claim for our client.
Deputy President Gooley states, in her decision of 17 February 2014, that she was “unable to find on the evidence before the Commission that AWNA engaged in any unreasonable act that caused Tancred to incur costs and therefore the application for costs is dismissed” [29].
Whilst it is within the rights of the Respondent to seek costs against a paid agent for lodging an unfair dismissal claim, we can, and will, vigorously defend these claims.
Citation: The Trustee for the Tancred Family Trust T/A CQESS (Central Queensland Engineering Surveying Services) v A Whole New Approach Pty Ltd [2014] FWC 1152
