7 Jun 2018
XIAO v SUN [2018] NZHC 1334
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1334
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiff, as successful party, was entitled to scale costs and recoverable disbursements; the defendant's rejection of the second Calderbank offer shortly before trial was objectively unreasonable given available records and expert evidence, justifying increased costs, but only from the expiry date of that offer and for specific steps. Expert accounting fees and specified court fees, copying, certain interpreter fees were reasonable and awarded; translation costs were excessive given limited reliance and were halved; some claims (courier, witness allowances under old regulations) were disall…