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New Zealand Case Law

Scale costs (2a/2b/2c)
  • 19 Jul 2019

    WARE v REID [2019] NZHC 1706

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 1706
    Court
    High Court

    Indemnity costs were declined. The Court exercised its discretion to apportion liability between the two plaintiffs rather than order joint and several liability. Each plaintiff is liable for 50% of the defendants' and beneficiaries' costs and disbursements up to 1 February 2019 on a scale 2B basis; Helen alone is liable for all defendants' and beneficiaries' costs and disbursements after 1 February 2019, with a 50% uplift on the costs for preparing for and attending the hearing awarded against Helen; defendants' claimed uplift to 2C was declined though 2B and disbursements were allowed; expe…