7 Aug 2019
OPAI v THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF NEW ZEALAND [2019] NZHC 1915
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1915
- Court
- High Court
The Court awarded a 25% uplift on 2B scale costs because the plaintiff pursued defamation claims in the High Court that were unsuited to the employment-dispute facts and were incapable of success for multiple reasons (qualified privilege, lack of publication or harm, time bar), thereby unreasonably increasing the defendant's costs; travel and accommodation disbursements were disallowed; total payable was fixed at $71,980.69.