New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Gst recoverability

Legal area

Court

17 Sept 2021

ROYALE BIOTECH GROUP LTD v HI GLOBE INTERNATIONAL TRADING LTD - Costs [2021] NZHC 2441

Citation

[2021] NZHC 2441
Court

High Court

Because the court found Royale Biotech had engaged in an abuse of process by using the proceeding to prevent release of the bottles, its conduct met the statutory threshold for indemnity costs; accordingly the court awarded 2B scale costs to the date Royale last took a step and indemnity costs thereafter, and disallowed GST recovery.
28 Aug 2018

BLUMBERG v FRUCOR BEVERAGES LTD [2018] NZHC 2233

Citation

[2018] NZHC 2233
Court

High Court

Award plaintiffs costs on 2B scale with adjustments: reduce claimed costs to correct arithmetic and hearing length to five and three‑quarter days resulting in $54,449.75; approve disbursements of $11,805.00 (NZD) and AU$12,592.00, including AU$5,164.00 as two‑thirds of Mr Karis' net fee; GST on disbursements not recoverable unless absorbed by plaintiffs.