20 Jan 2017
NZ FIRE SERVICE COMMISSION v LEGG & EVOLVING LANDSCAPES [2017] NZHC 29
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 29
- Court
- High Court
The defendants did not engage in conduct sufficiently egregious to justify indemnity or uplifted costs; plaintiffs are entitled to standard 2B costs of $47,724 and disbursements $13,511.61 from the defendants; the Leggs (first defendants) are entitled to 2B costs against AMI and ELL is entitled to 2B costs against Lumley in respect of their third party claims; AMI and Lumley, having been wrong to deny cover, are jointly and severally ordered to indemnify their respective insureds for the insureds' costs liability to the plaintiffs for the post-10 March 2015 period (quantified by the Court) be…