18 Dec 2006
ABB LTD & ORS V NZ INSULATORS HC AK CIV-2004-404-4829
- Citation
- openlaw-8fd7eec9_bf06_452d_b5f9_df76939fafaf.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Court awarded plaintiffs costs on Category 3C at the agreed daily rate $2,150, adjusted awards on specific interlocutory steps (disallowing some and varying bands on others), denied an uplift for discovery or failures to admit absent clear unjustified conduct, allowed an uplift for unexpected and substantial additional trial preparation of 15 days under R48C(3)(a) (reduced from 20 days because NZI succeeded on significant issues), awarded specified interlocutory costs to NZI ($1,290 and 3A award for interrogatories) and ordered those sums and specified disbursements be set off against plainti…