3 Dec 2019
HARRINGTON v WILDING [2019] NZCA 605
- Citation
- [2019] NZCA 605
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court dismissed both appeal and cross‑appeal, upholding the trial Judge's exercise of discretion on costs: the Judge lawfully treated success as shared, reasonably found the respondent unreasonably rejected a late global settlement offer (justifying adverse costs from 28 June 2016), correctly limited the impact of the hacking because it predated proceedings and did not increase litigation costs, properly refused a Sanderson order, and properly declined costs for the costs application and compensation for delay; no appealable error in principle or approach was demonstrated.