17 Sept 2019
SETTLERS CRESCENT PARTNERSHIP v IAG NEW ZEALAND LTD [2019] NZHC 2341
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2341
- Court
- High Court
The court awarded category 2B scale costs for the four day hearing including an allowance for second counsel but declined to apply any uplift; it rejected the plaintiff's cap based on an abandoned two day hearing and fixed disbursements at the factual and expert amounts proposed by the plaintiff, resulting in a total award of $162,214.76 to the defendant.