3 Dec 2018
COOKE v McMILLAN & ANOR [2018] NZHC 3154
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 3154
- Court
- High Court
Because the plaintiff unreasonably refused the defendant's second settlement offer (which provided financial relief broadly equivalent to the eventual outcome), costs up to 23 March 2017 are awarded to the plaintiff on a 2B basis; costs between 23 March 2017 and 11 May 2018 lie where they fall; because the plaintiff unreasonably refused the third settlement offer after 11 May 2018 (and made an untimely and unreasonable counter-offer), the first defendant is entitled to 2B costs for the period after 11 May 2018.