10 Oct 2023
WALLACE v CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS [2023] NZHC 2830 [10 October 2023]
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2830
- Court
- High Court
Applicants awarded costs on category 3 basis with specified reductions to claimed interlocutory time bands; a 25% uplift under r 14.6 was justified due to (1) respondent affidavit evidence creating an unnecessary factual dispute that increased time and expense and (2) the public importance/Bill of Rights implications affecting a disadvantaged group; indemnity costs were refused and legal aid payments operate as a ceiling on recoverable amounts.