22 Sept 2020
NAPIER CITY COUNCIL v H2O MANAGEMENT (NAPIER) LTD [2020] NZHC 2481
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2481
- Court
- High Court
The plaintiff's application for leave to appeal did not amount to pursuing an argument that lacked merit or unreasonably increase costs under r14.6(3)(b); the plaintiff was entitled to pursue the challenge, the case was short and not complex, there was no evidence of unjustified refusal to accept legal argument or an ulterior motive, and therefore increased costs or a 50% uplift are not justified; award costs on a 2B basis to the defendant.