Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters avoid Covid challenge costs

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Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters do not have to pay the State’s costs after their failed challenge to Covid-19 laws, following a Supreme Court ruling on 19 July 2022.

The court made no order on the State’s costs application and vacated costs orders made against the applicants in the High Court and Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court also noted that the case raised fundamentally important issues and that the applicants had sought no personal gain.