20 May 2020
REGAN v BROUGHAM [2020] NZCA 173
- Citation
- [2020] NZCA 173
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court exercised its discretion to perform a detailed assessment of claimed indemnity costs rather than order taxation or referral, finding many claimed hours and charges excessive or unsupported, disallowing non‑legal and irregular charges, apportioning time between claim and counterclaim (30% to guarantee claim at District Court), and awarding reduced indemnity costs and scale costs accordingly; first respondent ordered to pay $138,003.76 to appellants and $9,787.52 to second respondent.