20 Jul 2020
POLLOCK v POLLOCK [as to costs] [2020] NZHC 1751
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1751
- Court
- High Court
The Court concluded the litigation did not originate in the testator's fault, the inter vivos gifts and trust structuring were lawful and deliberate, there were not persuasive grounds to treat the Judea Valley Trust as liable for the plaintiff's costs, and accordingly the defendants were entitled to costs on a 2B basis as awarded; the plaintiff's applications that the trust pay his costs and that defendants' claims be refused or reduced were declined.