16 Mar 2017
YOUNG v TOWER INSURANCE LIMITED [2017] NZHC 482
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 482
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiffs were the largely successful party on the principal contractual issue (house rebuild), therefore entitled to costs; category 2C was justified for trial preparation, briefs and common bundle due to the 10/11 day complex hearing but overall trial hearing award reduced from 11 to 10 days because plaintiffs (principally Mr Young) pursued largely unsupported allegations of dishonesty that unnecessarily extended the trial; expert fees were allowed in part with a $621 deduction from Mr Sillitoe for reliance on discredited survey work, other experts accepted, and hearing fees reduced by one…