17 Mar 2023
DARLOW v HALPIN [2023] NZHC 548
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 548
- Court
- High Court
The fourth defendant was entitled to costs as the successful party but those costs were reduced by 25% because his amended statement of defence was inconsistent with his initial pleading (an unjustified about-turn) and because the first to third defendants' demand for an explanatory affidavit was unwarranted; no wasted costs award was made to the first to third defendants due to lack of particularised claim.