4 Dec 2018
SILA v NANAI-LEOTA [2018] NZHC 3163
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3163
- Court
- High Court
The plaintiff is impecunious, provided no credible evidence of assets accessible to meet costs, and failed to honor an agreed security arrangement; balancing access to courts against defendant's protection from costs exposure, the Court fixed the $10,000 already paid into Court as security for costs, awarded costs to the defendant on a category 2B basis with payment by 21 December 2018, and varied the timetable to protect the defendant's position.