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Supreme Court awards defamation plaintiff his legal costs as incurred in the High Court and Court of Appeal, and the reasonable costs and outlay in the Supreme Court (where he represented himself), on the grounds that the award of damages as fixed by the Supreme Court was higher than that fixed by the Court of Appeal, so that the appeal had been 'entirely successful', notwithstanding that the award remained lower than that made by the High Court jury.
McMenamin J (judgment of the court): Costs - defamation - award of damages varied by Court of Appeal - appeal to Supreme Court conducted by plaintiff in person - position improved from that after Court of Appeal - Calderbank-style letter - whether plaintiff entirely successful or partially successful.
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