17 Sept 2021
MASON v MCKAY – Costs [2021] NZHC 2440
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2440
- Court
- High Court
Indemnity costs were refused because the applicant's conduct did not meet the high threshold of 'distinctly bad' or flagrant misconduct; increased costs were justified because the respondents reasonably expended more time than a Pickwick appearance warranted, and an uplift to 50% produced an appropriate award of $3,971.25 to be paid by the applicant to the receivers.