21 Dec 2005
HILL V JUZWA & RABINSKA HC AK CIV-2004-463-840
- Citation
- openlaw-a0a87134_1dfd_4636_9221_9fd2b658c529.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that defendants' repeated failures in pleading and discovery, improper assertion of litigation privilege over a relevant file, late production of key documents (notably the valuation and the sale agreement to the brother), and overall conduct of resisting the claim despite contemporaneous documentary evidence justified a substantial uplift in costs under r 48C; reductions under r 48D were not made. All steps were treated as Category 2, Band B. The Court awarded costs of $75,000 to the plaintiffs and ordered payment of disbursements shown in plaintiffs' fee schedule of 18 Octobe…