17 Oct 2019
LEPIONKA & CO INVESTMENTS LIMITED v NALDAPAT LIMITED [2019] NZHC 2679
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2679
- Court
- High Court
LW354 Ltd's caveat was an improper misuse of a caveat lodged in breach of prior court orders and undertakings and intended to stall a mortgagee's sale; indemnity costs could not be fixed because the mortgagee failed to provide adequate evidential invoices, but the case justified increased costs under r14.6(3); accordingly LW354 Ltd and its director Elizabeth O'Neil are ordered to pay scale costs plus a 50% increase (reflecting an indemnity approach to increased costs) totalling $21,308 and disbursements $1,608.77; Nadia Dapas and Vaughan Peter Bowkett are not ordered to pay costs (Dapas withd…