6 Jun 2019
CRAIG v SLATER [2019] NZHC 1269
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1269
- Court
- High Court
The Court held defendants largely successful on plaintiff's claims: only two pleaded imputations were found untrue, reputational harm was primarily caused by plaintiff's own conduct, and plaintiff received no damages; defendants entitled to costs on the claim but not indemnity costs because plaintiff did not act vexatiously; costs awarded on Category 3B scale with specified 10% discounts for work attributable to the counterclaim and a further 10% overall reduction so that plaintiff pays 90% of assessed costs and disbursements; interlocutory costs and identifiable counterclaim pre-trial costs…