5 Apr 2023
DHC ASSETS LIMITED v ANTONY IVO ARNERICH [2023] NZHC 771
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 771
- Court
- High Court
The Court awarded a 50% uplift to scale 2B costs because the defendant repeatedly and without reasonable justification rejected three significant settlement offers (5 Oct 2017, 29 Nov 2019, 4 Sep 2020), which unnecessarily increased the plaintiff's legal time and expense; certain claimed cost steps were disallowed, disbursements were allowed, and the defendant was ordered to pay a total of $79,880.37.