New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Reasonableness of fees

Legal area

Court

23 May 2023

MARK JAMES McLAUGHLIN v JOHN DAVID MANUEL McLAUGHLIN [2023] NZHC 1208 [23 May 2023]

Citation

[2023] NZHC 1208
Court

High Court

The former trustee (Glasgow Harley Trustee Limited) is entitled to be indemnified from the Ashley Trust for reasonable costs and disbursements incurred in relation to the abandoned appeal; the claimed sum of approximately $46,000 on a solicitor and client basis is reasonable and is ordered payable from the trust when funds permit.
15 Aug 2017

ATCHISON v BOYD [2017] NZHC 1942

Citation

[2017] NZHC 1942
Court

High Court

The Court appointed Christopher Robert Darlow as a court expert under r 9.36 to inquire and report whether the fees charged to Ms Boyd were reasonable in responding to instructions, whether fees were reasonable in all the circumstances, and whether any work was personal to Ms Boyd and not claimable from the estate; the report was ordered to be filed by 6 October 2017, the expert's costs were to be paid initially from the estate (subject to later adjustment), and all questions of costs were reserved.