New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Trust administration disputes

Legal area

Court

7 Apr 2014

BAKER v WAIMAKUKU WHANAU TRUST BOARD INC [2014] NZHC 686

Citation

[2014] NZHC 686
Court

High Court

Court exercised discretion to order reimbursement to the trust of additional costs caused by the respondent's meritless and irrelevant conduct, fixing the compensatory sum at $20,000 to be paid from the fund, with initial liability on the respondent and potential extension to Mr Nigel Baker personally if the respondent fails to pay.
20 May 2009

LA ENGLEBRETSEN, G BURGESS (DECEASED) AND MI HAMILTON AS TRUSTEES OF THE HAMILTON-BURGESS TRUST V LA ENGLEBRETSEN, MC KEY AND IR HAMILTON HC WN CIV 2009-485-529

Citation

openlaw-33b954d2_ee3c_4ca3_8653_96c8f655b854.pdf
Court

High Court

Summary judgment ordering the sale under ss 339-343 Property Law Act 2007 was granted and costs were awarded against Mr Ian Richard Hamilton on a category 2B basis because he initially opposed the application without grounds relevant to the partition issue and his trust-related complaints did not justify departure from the normal costs rule.