13 Feb 1991
WHARF PROPERTIES LTD. AND ANOTHER v. ERIC CUMINE ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS 7 SURVEYORS (A FIRM)
- Citation
- WHARF PROPERTIES LTD. AND ANOTHER v. ERIC CUMINE ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS 7 SURVEYORS (A FIRM)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA13431/1983
On a taxation on the common fund basis the master must allow costs that are reasonably incurred; given the exceptional scale, complexity and volume of documents in this litigation the defendants established that additional office rental and the retention of an in‑house technical consultant were reasonably and necessarily incurred for the defence; accordingly those items are allowable (subject to specific percentage reductions on certain office items), and in‑house staff costs may be recoverable where directly and reasonably attributable to litigation work.