21 Aug 2008
HAURAKI MAORI TRUST BOARD AND OTHERS AND ANOR V THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND ORS HC HAM CIV 2007-419-000245
- Citation
- openlaw-7be77ecd_0228_4ae3_93c0_80a3a61ba269.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Applying r 476C and authorities, the Court found the plaintiffs acted reasonably in commencing the proceeding and appropriately discontinued after the Crown/Landcorp agreement achieved the litigation's purpose; the merits were not so clear as to justify an award of costs to the third defendant, therefore no order for costs was made and costs were left to lie where they fall.