Supreme Court refuses to award costs to an unsuccessful appellant concerning a challenge to a decision of An Bord Pleanala, and a decision to remit the decision to the Board for reconsideration, on the grounds that there were no special circumstances to warrant departing from the usual order, despite the fact that it was a test case with implications for other proceedings.
Ruling of the Court on costs: Supreme Court, An Bord Pleanála, planning permission, remittal, certiorari, Planning and Development Act, 2000, s. 50A(9A), s. 50B, environmental law, costs, public importance, test case, procedural law, statutory interpretation, exceptional public importance, interests of justice.