10 May 2023
Costs of $17,447 were awarded to the defendant on a 2B basis and disbursements of $3,226.08 were allowed because the proceeding was of average complexity, the steps taken by the defendant were reasonably required, the disbursements were substantiated by invoice, and the plaintiffs did not oppose the claim; plaintiffs held jointly and severally liable.
18 Apr 2023
Increased costs were justified because the plaintiff unreasonably retained extensive pleaded unrelated civil disputes that called into question the bona fides of the defamation proceedings, but the defamation allegations were not wholly meritless so a partial uplift of 20% on 2B costs was appropriate.
8 Sept 2020
Because the receivers were the successful party, had reasonably claimed 2B costs and disbursements totalling $29,036.80, and the respondent failed to meaningfully oppose that claim, the court awarded the claimed costs in full.
25 Jun 2018
Because the plaintiff succeeded at trial and the defendants filed no opposition to the costs memorandum, the Court accepted the plaintiff's 2B scale calculations and awarded costs of $13,826 plus disbursements of $1,146 to the plaintiff, to be paid jointly and severally by the first and second defendants.
30 Oct 2015
BNZ was the successful party overall on its conjoint summary judgment/strike out application and is entitled to costs on a 2B basis with allowance for one counsel; BNZ may recover costs for two sets of submissions because Crummer Trustees filed an amended statement of claim at short notice; items incurred before 1 July 2015 are to be assessed at the old daily rate ($1,990); BNZ is entitled to 2B costs for resisting the discovery application but not to a 50% uplift under r 14.6; disbursements of $1,158 are approved; costs for the mentions hearing convened at Crummer Trustees' request are recov…
9 Jul 2014
Because the respondent succeeded, costs were ordered against the applicant under r14.2(a) of the High Court Rules; the court assessed costs on a 2B basis at $5,970 and disbursements at $110 because the memorandum's figures were reasonable.
7 Feb 2014
The court ordered the first and second defendants to pay the second plaintiff's costs on a 2B basis and disbursements because they accepted liability and only minor adjustments were required; the court refused to order the first and second defendants to pay the third defendant's costs because although the joinder was reasonable the second plaintiff's failure to prove the standard of care was independent of the first and second defendants and therefore it was not reasonable to require them to meet the third defendant's costs.
20 Jun 2013
The court exercised its discretion to reduce the claimed 2B time allowances by 1.5 days (reducing claimed 7.3 days to 5.8 days) because the case management conference attendance amounted to about six minutes and written submissions were longer than necessary; accordingly costs on the modified 2B scale were awarded to the appellant totaling $11,542 (disbursements approved) and no Family Court costs were ordered.
30 Aug 2012
Because the applicants sought costs on a 2B basis with quantified amounts, and the plaintiff failed to file any costs submissions despite being given time, the Court awarded costs to the third and fourth defendants on the 2B scale with the disbursements claimed.
22 Sept 2011
Because the Court of Appeal allowed the plaintiff's appeal making him the successful party and the defendant did not oppose, the High Court awarded costs to the plaintiff on the 2B scale and allowed the claimed disbursements, totalling $44,879.23.