20 Mar 2018
MCBRIDE STREET CARS LIMITED v THE DISTRICT COURT (DUNEDIN REGISTRY) & LOACH [2018] NZHC 461
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 461
- Court
- High Court
The court exercised its discretion to award costs to the successful second respondents in the sum of $19,875.40, finding the claimed steps were legitimately taken, the award was less than scale, the applicant's submissions to reclassify the proceeding as an originating application or to exclude costs said to relate to the statutory demand were rejected, and no disentitling factors applied.