@kaindub said:
Truleconcernsapart from NCAT, most courts awards costs to the winner of the case.
Everything else in your post is spot on but I’m not sure about this statement. In the recent case concerning Colleen McCullough’s will, the judge ordered both sides to pay their own costs. Perhaps it was because the details in the case weren’t clear cut but there was a “winner” in that her widower got the cash.
In any case, that simply reinforces your argument that even when you win, you can lose, something that’s echoed in David Sach’s post on our front page.