26 Oct 2023
CORNES, CORNES, CORNES TRUST v HIRST AND CODYMO TRUSTEES NO 2 LIMITED AS TRUSTEES OF THE BELLE STOREY TRUST [2023] NZHC 3000
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 3000
- Court
- High Court
Awarded ordinary 2B costs because applicants succeeded and no basis to depart from the scale; denied uplift and indemnity costs because contested conduct was pre‑litigation or fell short of exceptional misconduct; trustees entitled to indemnify from trust assets under the trust deed and law as no fraud or wilful misconduct established.