30 Jun 2015
Sainty v Accident Compensation Corporation
- Citation
- [2015] NZACC 179
- Court
- District Court
The reviewer properly exercised his discretion in declining costs for the two reviews because the reviews were not reasonably brought and had no reasonable prospect of success; the appellant failed to substantiate the claimed solicitor fees for the appeals (no invoices or evidence of work at the claimed rate) and no exceptional circumstances existed to warrant an award beyond the usual scale, therefore $1,500 is an appropriate contribution to costs for appeals AI 183/06, AI 153/07 and AI 154/07 and no costs are payable for AI 326/07 to the extent it challenges the reviewer's refusal to award…