16 Aug 2023
RIMMER v WILTON (costs) [2023] NZHC 2218
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 2218
- Court
- High Court
Where parties agreed the proceeding would be a witness hearing but no affidavits or briefs were filed and the substantive dispute at hearing was a narrow legal issue, the claimant may not recover costs allocated to affidavit preparation under sch 3 steps 30 and 32; instead costs are limited to sch 3 steps 33 and 33B, yielding an award of $13,025.50 to the defendant under r14.2 assessment principles.