28 Nov 2014
BAKER v WAIMAKUKU WHANAU TRUST BOARD INC [2014] NZHC 3016
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 3016
- Court
- High Court
The court found on the balance of the material that the respondent's initiatives in the proceedings were directed and effectively orchestrated by Mr Baker for his own and his immediate family's benefit, that the respondent would not pay the outstanding costs, and that it was therefore appropriate to order Mr Baker to contribute $10,000 (or the lesser outstanding amount) towards the costs previously ordered against the respondent and to reimburse the applicants' disbursements for effecting personal service; claims that prior unappealed judgments were wrong did not justify avoiding personal lia…