25 Mar 2021
Re estate COUSINS [Costs] [2021] NZHC 615
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 615
- Court
- High Court
Because the respondents were legitimately entitled to inquire into the provenance and execution of the draft will given the applicant's history and because the applicant failed to disclose relevant file notes until hearing, exceptional reasons existed to depart from the usual costs rule; both parties' scale costs were ordered to be paid from the residuary estate: $13,145 to the applicant and $11,233 to the respondents.