13 May 2020
Preston v Preston [2020] NZHC 957
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 957
- Court
- High Court
Award defendants scale costs with apportionment across the three overlapping proceedings; decline the requested 50% uplift but grant limited uplifts: 20% increase for steps in the 030 proceedings after August 2017 (failure to engage on the independent accounting mechanism) and 20% increase for steps in the 051 and 031 proceedings after May 2018 (failure to accept a clear, better-than-judgment settlement); total scale costs NZD 94,143.40 plus disbursements NZD 43,089 (including expert fees NZD 34,500); specific apportionments and hearing-day allocations set out in the judgment.