25 Mar 2010
LEWTYN MICHAEL SCOTT V ROSEMARY ANN SCOTT AND LEE MCNEILLY AND ANOR HC TAU CIV-2004-470-000094
- Citation
- openlaw-b2a32e14_f091_4ee1_b6b5_ae7ad782b677.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court awarded indemnity costs to the defendants from August 2006 (the date the defendants cancelled the Heads of Agreement) because the plaintiff's deliberate failure to implement the mediated settlement and his obstructive conduct thereafter rendered continuation of the litigation unreasonable; for attendances prior to August 2006 the proceedings are categorised as category 3, band C, and the Court fixed a global costs award of $300,000 plus recoverable disbursements, producing a judgment for costs and disbursements totalling $401,958.19, with witnesses' expenses to be fixed by the Regis…