22 Nov 2023
NEW ZEALAND INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY PHARMACY GROUP v TE WHATU ORA [2023] NZHC 3314
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 3314
- Court
- High Court
Costs were fixed and payable now; ICPG must pay Te Whatu Ora costs of $71,301 and disbursements $2,005.22. The Court applied scale 2B for work before 1 July 2022 and applied an increased scale (2C) for work after 1 July 2022 due to the unique circumstances of the DHB disestablishment and additional complexity and counsel required after that date; recovery was allowed for certain interlocutory memoranda by analogy to Schedule 3 (with one short timetabling memorandum reduced to scale 1A), costs for exclusion submissions were treated as part of substantive preparation (no separate allowance), so…