28 Aug 2020
NORTHWEST DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED v ZHANG, JUNG and SO [2020] NZHC 2225
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2225
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiff entitled to recover solicitor and client costs under clause 42(b) but the claimed professional fees required adjustment for reasonableness and overlap with third‑party related work. The court reduced the contractual indemnity apportionment from 59% to 50% to reflect Sanli‑related work and excluded identified improper scale items, resulting in an award of $178,945.50 (50% of claimed $357,891) under clause 42(b), scale costs of $51,165.50 under the High Court Rules, total costs of $230,111 and disbursements of $25,963.80.