Smith v ACC [2014] NZACA 3 [pdf, 82 KB]
...seeking costs of simply adding up their total attendances from the date of accepting instructions and asking for a “reasonable contribution” based on nothing more than their estimate of what this should be. The Authority’s discretion under s 110 is wide and there is no scale of costs, but this does not mean that the Corporation, rather than the client, should pay for bringing their claims”. [13] That comment is applicable to the costs claims mounted by Mr Forster in both the...