17 Jul 2020
PETERS v BENNETT [2020] NZHC 1734
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1734
- Court
- High Court
Crown funding of defendants does not preclude a costs award; the proceedings did not raise sufficient public interest to deny costs; allegations of bad faith against public officials lacked evidential foundation and refusal to accept the Crown Calderbank offer justified an uplift; award of costs on 2B scale with a 50% uplift for Crown defendants from the date of the Calderbank offer; proceedings categorised as category 2 with time band B; quantified awards: first and third defendants $101,897.26; Crown defendants $150,527.00 plus disbursements $65,394.11 totalling $215,921.11.