4 Jul 2016
Because the Trust's involvement in preparation of the three contested memoranda was limited, the court declined to award full costs for those items and substituted a fixed amount of $1000 for them, while awarding the other uncontested costs, resulting in a total costs award of $26,304.50 against the appellant.
2 Aug 2011
Leave to file the late costs memorandum was granted because the six working‑day delay caused no real prejudice; costs were awarded to the appellants on a 2B basis for the interlocutory application (against the second respondent only) and for the appeal (against all respondents) with specific disbursements allowed where they were specific, reasonably necessary and reasonable (out‑of‑town counsel travel, DX, courier and binding where justified) and disallowed where unnecessary or inflated (postage/binding/courier to non‑party Mr Parlane, filing fee that was unreasonably high). Joint memoranda m…