17 Dec 2013
HALL v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2013] NZHC 3388
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 3388
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiff was entitled to increased costs because the proceeding involved legal and factual complexity beyond the standard band, the Crown's conduct and stance required substantially more time and expense to meet, and the Crown failed to establish that its earlier settlement offer was superior to the outcome of judgment; accordingly increased costs were awarded under rr14.6(3)(a) and (b) (with some weight under (c)), in the sum of two-thirds of actual legal costs ($158,938.90) plus disbursements ($33,410) totalling $192,348.90; the Crown's r14.7(f)(v) argument failed for lack of evidential fo…