23 Mar 2021
BURDEN & ORS v PLANTATION GROWN TIMBERS (INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED & ORS [2021] NZHC 597
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 597
- Court
- High Court
Storage costs arising from the statutory indemnity given under reg 6 and accruing as a direct result of the plaintiffs' commencement and continuation of Part 7 proceedings are not recoverable as special damages (they are too remote from the infringement) but are recoverable as disbursements specific to and reasonably necessary for the conduct of the proceeding; plaintiffs awarded scale costs (category 2B $89,089.00) and permitted to recover storage disbursements subject to deduction of pre-litigation storage for the first 10 days; claims for increased or indemnity costs and for interest were…