10 Dec 2021
BALE v PATEL [2021] NZHC 3399
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3399
- Court
- High Court
The Court exercised its discretion to give effect to the parties' sensible costs agreement between the plaintiffs and Asha and Bharati, declined to make personal or increased costs orders against Asha and Bharati because the high threshold for increased costs was not met given late disclosure and bona fide issues, and directed that the third defendant's costs be met by the estate (60%) and the trust (40%) in the proportions he sought.