8 Aug 2018
THOMPSON v CONTINENTAL CAR SERVICES LIMITED (COSTS) [2018] NZHC 2009
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2009
- Court
- High Court
Proceedings as actually advanced were within the District Court's jurisdiction; costs must therefore be assessed under the District Court Rules. Certain procedural steps (discovery, inspection, preparation of common bundle) are reallocated to time band A and appearance costs are reduced to 3.5 days. No uplift for increased costs is warranted because the defendant's conduct did not justify an increase under r14.6; discovery failures by defendant contributed to trial inefficiencies but did not justify uplift; interest is not awarded because defendant did not have use of plaintiff's money beyond…