24 Aug 2018
HOJSGAARD v THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF LAND INFORMATION NZ [2018] NZHC 2188
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 2188
- Court
- High Court
The court apportioned costs to reflect mixed success: Hojsgaard must pay Brill standard (unincreased) 3B/band C related costs and agreed reduced expert disbursements because Brill successfully defeated the plaintiff's primary substantive claim; the Chief Executive must pay the plaintiff one-third of the plaintiff's 2B costs and one-third of identifiable disbursements because the plaintiff succeeded only on a narrow judicial review ground against the decision-maker and most expert costs were unnecessary for that success; no uplift or second counsel certification was awarded and only limited me…