4 Jun 2013
C J ROBINSON AND A C ROBINSON v IAG NEW ZEALAND LIMITED [2013] NZHC 1293
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 1293
- Court
- High Court
The presumption that a discontinuing party pays costs was displaced by the unusual circumstances, but the court exercised its discretion to award the defendant only those costs that were reasonably wasted by duplication. The court quantified wasted work as 1.1 days at the 2B daily rate of $1990 (total $2189) and allowed the filing fee/disbursements of $108.80, reasoning that certain preparation and memorandum work and part of the hearing preparation were duplicated and therefore recoverable.