2 Jun 2017
COLEMAN v CHALKLEN & OTHERS [2017] NZHC 1204
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 1204
- Court
- High Court
The executor was a necessary party and acted reasonably; however because the estate was small and the claimed costs were disproportionate (almost 40% of the estate), the Court reduced the applicant's claimed fees (approximate 30% reduction for counsel fees), awarded specified amounts for counsel, solicitor attendance and disbursement, and ordered that the applicant's awarded costs be paid from the residuary estate while the respondents' awarded costs be paid from the residue available to the four children of Mrs Chalklen.