1 May 2014
STRINGER v MINISTER OF LANDS [2014] NZHC 776 [1 May 2014]
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 776
- Court
- High Court
Negotiating costs properly incurred and used to inform settlement negotiations are payable under s60/66 and must be reimbursed where reasonable; the Tribunal validly exercised its s90 discretion by finding the claimant's compensation claim was unreasonably high under s90(4), which constituted special reasons justifying a substantial reduction in litigation costs; GST does not apply to costs awards; compound interest was not justified on the evidence so interest remains non-compounding and must be recalculated on the amended compensation total.