26 Jul 2023
TADD MANAGEMENT LIMITED v [2023] NZHC 1968
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1968
- Court
- High Court
The Court refused to award increased or indemnity costs because the defendants' defences were not so lacking in merit or pursued in such a way as to meet the high threshold for exceptional costs; defendants' reliance on a retrospective ISA and arguments about purchaser obtaining a DSA were not hopeless or vexatious; plaintiff awarded ordinary category 2B scale costs and recoverable disbursements subject to specified deductions and further particulars for potential overlap with electronic discovery claims.