Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 15 March 1994.
1. The inquest verdict has been quashed and the applicants seek costs against the coroner. It is common ground that the court has jurisdiction to entertain the application for costs under O.62, r.3(3) Rules of Supreme Court. It is also accepted on all hands that in principle, when the court sees fit to exercise its discretion to make an order as to costs, the court shall order the costs to follow the event unless the circumstances of the case warrant some other order to be made.