6 Dec 2021
WALLACE v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2021] NZHC 3315
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3315
- Court
- High Court
The Court exercised its discretion to award standard 2B costs to the plaintiff because she was the successful party on the principal contests and had succeeded on key investigative NZBORA issues; a reduction under r 14.7(d) was not justified because the investigative aspect of the right-to-life claim was materially successful and necessary to ventilate despite failure on other aspects; counsel on a results/pro bono basis may recover costs without conventional invoices; specific disbursements were assessed and reduced where not necessary or unverified, with partial approval for investigator fe…