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1. AA v BK, BL & BM LCRO 264 / 2012 (25 July 2013) [pdf, 184 KB]

   ...instructions were terminated in December 2010. The work undertaken by the firm during this time is well documented but proceedings had not reached the stage of a hearing before the Court. [6] During that time [Law Firm A] had rendered 25 bills of costs totalling $476,828.81 (including GST and disbursements) of which $208,164.80 has been paid. Mr AA’s complaints and the Standards Committee determination [7] On 25 March 2011 Mr AA lodged his complaint with the New Zealand Law Soc...

2. Stockman - Lee (2016) 117 Waikato Maniapoto MB 298 (117 WMN 298) [pdf, 180 KB]

   ...have not agreed to that course of action. 117 Waikato Maniapoto MB 300 [7] Counsel for the applicants indicated during a telephone conference on 9 October 2015 that her instructions were to discontinue the proceedings once the question of costs had been sorted between the parties. 1 [8] At the most recent telephone conference on 10 February 2016, counsel for the applicants indicated that the parties had been unable to reach agreement concerning costs. Counsel filed a notice...

3. [2022] NZACC 27 - Alves v ACC (3 March 2022) [pdf, 173 KB]

   ...CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 22 February 2022 Held at: Dunedin/Ōtepoti Appearances: The appellant represented himself C Hlavac for the respondent Judgment: 3 March 2022 RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for costs - s 148, Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 5 March 2021 and relates to costs awarded to Mr Alves in respect of that review hearing. Background [2] Mr Alves w...

4. DL v ET [2023] NZDT 532 (9 October 2023) [pdf, 201 KB]

   ...second week of January 2023 and completed within 2-4 weeks. 8. On 30 January 2023, ET advised DL that he will be calling a halt to the wall repair due to lack of funds. 9. DL files this claim where he seeks $12,471.85 for reduced rent and other costs associated with repairs on his property which can no longer go ahead due to the abrupt stalling of the retaining wall repair work. 10. ET says there was a shortfall of $27,045 between his estimated cost and the insurance pay-out....

5. LL & TH v KT & OC [2025] NZDT 118 (18 February 2025) [pdf, 231 KB]

   ...advice and decided that the cross notice did not comply with the provisions of the Fencing Act 1978. They then went ahead and built a fence on or near the boundary between the two properties. They seek an order that KT and OC are liable to pay half the cost of the fence, plus interest and also seek and order that KT and OC pay some legal costs they have incurred. The total claimed was originally $4,130.11, but LL and TH also seek additional interest up to the day of the hearing. 4. KT...

6. Auckland Standards Committee 3 v Woodroffe [2025] NZLCDT 1 (7 January 2025) [pdf, 258 KB]

   ...Act 2006 (LCA). [2] By the end of the hearing, the charges focused on three interconnected matters. • Lack of advice It was alleged that she failed to advise her client in a timely manner that he might be required to provide security for costs if he commenced proceedings in Samoa. • Radio broadcast When the client was confronted with an application for security for costs, he couldn’t afford to carry on and instructed Mrs Woodroffe to discontinue the proceedings. Sh...

7. [2010] NZEmpC 135 Pacific Palms International Resort & Golf Club Ltd v Smith [pdf, 44 KB]

   ...hearing de novo on an allegation that it had not acted in good faith and thereby failed to facilitate the Authority’s investigation. His Honour determined that the plaintiff company’s conduct could, and should, be most justly sanctioned in costs in both the Authority and in the Court, but allowed the matter to proceed to a hearing de novo. [4] Mr Smith has made extensive, but to date unsuccessful attempts, to receive payment of the remedies awarded by the Authority. He obtai...

8. OIA-122379.pdf [pdf, 3.4 MB]

   Justice Centre | 19 Aitken Street DX SX10088 | Wellington T 04 918 8800 | F 04 918 8820 ContactUs@justice.govt.nz | www.justice.govt.nz 10 July 2025 Ref: OIA 122379 Tēnā koe Official Information Act request: Referendum cost for a four-year parliamentary term Thank you for your email of 22 May 2025, requesting under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act), information regarding the cost for a referendum on a four-year parliamentary term. Specifically, you request...

9. [2009] NZEmpC AC 37A/09 Real Cool Ltd v Gunfield [pdf, 13 KB]

   ...LTD V GUNFIELD AK AC 37A/09 10 December 2009 IN THE EMPLOYMENT COURT AUCKLAND AC 37A/09 ARC 58/08 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for costs BETWEEN REAL COOL LTD Plaintiff AND CHRISTINE GUNFIELD Defendant Hearing: by memoranda of submissions filed on 25 November and 7 December 2009 Judgment: 10 December 2009 COSTS JUDGMENT OF CHIEF JUDGE GL COLGAN...

10. [2025] NZEmpC 18 Kongbang v Lotus Touch Ltd [pdf, 153 KB]

    ...AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2025] NZEmpC 18 EMPC 4/2024 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER OF an application for costs on application to set aside appearance under protest to jurisdiction BETWEEN RUNGWANWILAI (ONE) KONGBANG Plaintiff AND LOTUS TOUCH LIMITED First Defendant AND CRAIG JOHNSON Second Defendant Hearin...