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Topic

Duplication of costs

Legal area

Court

21 Jun 2016

WHITFORD PROPERTIES LIMITED (in liquidation) v BRUCE & ors [2016] NZHC 1339

Citation

[2016] NZHC 1339
Court

High Court

The court exercised its discretion to indemnify ANZ for its solicitor‑and‑client costs for both the application and compliance because ANZ was an involuntary participant entitled to protect legitimate privacy and the claimed costs were not shown to be unreasonable or duplicative to a degree warranting reduction; the court also ordered costs in favour of the appearing proposed third party.
18 Jun 2015

STEFFENSEN v BGW INVESTMENTS LIMITED [2015] NZHC 1386

Citation

[2015] NZHC 1386
Court

High Court

Costs awarded to plaintiffs on a 2B basis: from 15 September 2011 to June 2013 under the District Court Rules and from August 2013 under the High Court Rules, reduced by $3,000 being District Court scale costs for the evidence capsule, with a 10% uplift for the defendants' late production of a file note; plaintiffs entitled to disbursements of $22,797.96; plaintiffs' claim for a 50% uplift rejected as disproportionate.