3 Jul 2020
MAY v BODY CORPORATE 329331 [2020] NZHC 1554
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1554
- Court
- High Court
Applicants succeeded; opposing respondents ordered jointly and severally to pay applicants' costs on a category 2B basis with disbursements as fixed by the Registrar. The administrator does not have inherent power under the scheme to levy owners to reimburse private litigants, but under s141(8) the Court directed the administrator to levy all unit owners to meet any shortfall between actual reasonable costs and amounts recovered, treating the shortfall as part of remedial work costs. No costs were ordered against the estate of WJ Maxwell‑Steele.