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Subscriber only A stallholder among a group of 11 who took Bluesfest before a tribunal has welcomed the decision their fees must be refunded. Melbourne-based Paul Briggs, of Cajun Kitchen, would have marked his 11th year operating at Bluesfest Byron Bay in 2020. But it wasn t to be; a public health order issued ahead of the event meant a gathering of Bluesfest s scale was prohibited. Senior NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal member Graham Ellis this week handed down his finding in that a clause in the stallholder contracts involved a significant imbalance which allowed the festival to retain stallholder fees without providing any service.