24 Oct 2018
SPEARGRASS HOLDINGS LIMITED v QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL [2018] NZHC 2760
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2760
- Court
- High Court
Proceedings were sufficiently interconnected and results interdependent so costs should be assessed globally; given mixed success (Speargrass succeeded on the Environment Court appeal but failed on the judicial review and PLA claims) and that Speargrass elected to run three intertwined proceedings producing prolix material, the fair and proportionate outcome is that costs, including disbursements, lie where they fall; no uplift was warranted because the global costs result and the Court's refusal of Speargrass's relief for some claims already penalised the party's conduct, the settlement offe…