9 Mar 2022
PAROS PROPERTY TRUST LTD v SMITH [2022] NZHC 408
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 408
- Court
- High Court
Costs were not reserved pending appeal; clause 14(b) of the lease authorized recovery of indemnity costs because the defendants were in breach by failing to pay rent, but the claimed solicitor-client indemnity amount was not objectively reasonable in the circumstances; therefore costs were awarded on a 2B basis with reductions for excessive second counsel involvement and duplicate attendances, resulting in an award of $54,014 plus published disbursements.