30 Apr 2020
WARD v WARD and JAMES [2020] NZHC 844
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 844
- Court
- High Court
Allan and Diane were entitled to ordinary 2B scale costs of $13,145 for their successful summary judgment application; increased costs were not warranted because Russell's procedural failures did not make him liable to an uplift on Allan and Diane's application, and although Russell acted unreasonably in pursuing his own summary judgment (justifying departure from the usual reservation of costs for that application), costs related to Russell's unsuccessful summary judgment are reserved to be dealt with at the substantive hearing; the NZBORA challenge by Russell failed and did not prevent an a…