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Topic

Court approval of costs

Legal area

Court

26 May 2020

An application by KELLY and QUINLAN re HALIFAX NEW ZEALAND LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) [2020] NZHC 1112

Citation

[2020] NZHC 1112
Court

High Court

The Court approved payment of the liquidators' and trustees' remuneration and expenses as properly and reasonably incurred and authorized payment from the identified trust and co‑mingled accounts (including the IB NZ master account), accepting that where work relates to trust assets apportionment is impractical and that fees may be paid in Australian dollars.
1 Jun 2006

PROGRESSIVE ENTERPRISES LIMITED AND ANOR V NORTH SHORE CITY COUNCIL AND ANOR HC AK CIV-2004-404-7139

Citation

openlaw-80cb67d9_f141_4b04_bd1e_ce57397cd40a.pdf
Court

High Court

The Court reduced and fixed expert witness disbursements because claimed work was not shown to be more than 50% specific to the High Court, much work was necessary only for Environment Court, and claimants failed to provide adequate non-conclusory evidence of reasonableness; as a result the Court awarded specified reduced sums to each expert and refused an order for costs of the costs-fixing exercise.