23 Mar 2020
LEE v LEE & ANOR [2020] NZHC 612
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 612
- Court
- High Court
Some uplift was warranted because defendants unreasonably refused the plaintiff's Calderbank offers in light of weak prospects on their defences, but plaintiff's insistence on broad apologies and far-reaching undertakings that exceeded defamation remedies justified limiting the uplift; a 15% uplift on 2B scale costs was appropriate. Post-judgment conduct was not a basis for additional uplift. Disbursements of $82,926.16 were reasonable. Defendants ordered jointly and severally to pay total $163,451.46.