Downer, Aggrey v Firearm Licensing Authority

Costs – Application for leave to apply for judicial review discontinued – Application for the costs of the discontinued application for leave to apply for judicial review made by statutory body – Whether the making of the application for leave to apply for judicial review was unreasonable – Whether the conduct on the part of the applicant for leave to apply for judicial review was unreasonable – Whether an alternative remedy was available to the applicant for leave to apply for judicial review at the time of the making of the application – Whether a review board was in existence at the time the application for leave to apply for judicial review was made – Whether the applicant for leave to apply for judicial review applied to the minister for a review of the decision of the statutory body prior to making the application – Whether the application for leave to apply for judicial  review was discontinued promptly – Whether a cost order should properly be made in the circumstances – The appropriate cost order to be made in the circumstances – The Judicature (Supreme Court) Act, sections 28E(1), (2) and (3), The Firearms Act, sections 37(1)(c), 37A(1), (2)(a) and (b), 37A(3) and (4) and the Fourth Schedule, paragraphs 1, 2 and 9, The Civil Procedure Rules, 2002, rules 2.2(1) and (2), 37.6(1), 64.3, 64.5(1), 64.6(1), 64.6(3), 64.6(4)(a),(b),(d)(i) and (ii), (e)(i), (ii),(iii) and 64.6(5)(a),(c),(d),(e) and (f)