23 Aug 2019
ACE STRUCTURAL LTD v GREEN [2019] NZHC 2094
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2094
- Court
- High Court
Applicant was the overall successful party in the judicial review and therefore entitled to costs; preparation of written submissions and bundle should be assessed at band 2B not 2C; costs for negotiating and preparing the costs memorandum (step 36) are not recoverable; a reduction under r 14.7 was warranted because applicant pursued issues that increased respondent's costs and one argument lacked merit, resulting in a 30% reduction in scale costs (20% for BDT costs issue and 10% for adjudicator fees issue); scale costs awarded $11,083.10 and disbursements $2,124, total $13,207.10; adjudicato…