29 Apr 2021
BILKEY and v KYRIAK [2021] NZHC 927
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 927
- Court
- High Court
Leave was refused because the proposed points did not raise questions of law of sufficient general or public importance to justify a second appeal; r14.10 requires offers to be expressly marked 'without prejudice except as to costs' so the appellants' open offers could not be relied on under r14.10/14.11; open offers may be considered under r14.7(e)(v) but on the facts did not justify reducing costs further than the District Court's deduction; partial success was appropriately addressed by applying r14.7(d) and reductions already made; and the dispute was trivial and disproportionate resource…