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1. [2015] NZEmpC 37 Gapuzan v Pratt Whitney Air NZ [pdf, 157 KB]

   ...Hearing: (on documents dated 26 January and 9 February 2015) Representatives: No submissions from the plaintiff A Shaw, counsel for the defendant G Slevin, counsel for Official Assignee Judgment: 26 March 2015 COSTS JUDGMENT OF JUDGE B A CORKILL Introduction [1] In my judgment of 11 November 2014, 1 I made orders which had the effect of striking out Mr Gapuzan’s challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority. 2 I reserv...

2. JR v SW LCRO 91/2014 (27 March 2015) [pdf, 99 KB]

   ...pocket”.1 [8] JR’s complaint, as detailed in its lawyer’s initial correspondence, is described as follows: 2 (a) The cost over-run; being the substantial difference between the estimates, including revised estimates given, and the actual costs rendered; and (b) What appears to be over-zealous time recording and the rendering of invoices reflecting simply the value of time recorded by the relevant authors with no apparent recognition of the other factors that need to be...

3. [2020] NZEmpC 94 Independent Prosperity Ltd v Huang [pdf, 198 KB]

   ...AUCKLAND I TE KŌTI TAKE MAHI O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU [2020] NZEmpC 94 EMPC 267/2019 IN THE MATTER OF a challenge to a determination of the Employment Relations Authority AND IN THE MATTER of an application for costs BETWEEN INDEPENDENT PROSPERITY LIMITED Plaintiff AND QISHAN HUANG Defendant Hearing: On the papers Appearances: J Nguy and H Huang, counsel for plaintiff B Hinchcliff, counsel for defen...

4. Milner v Noanoa-Paul - Atarea Mokai Noanoa (2011) 12 Tairawhiti MB 155 (12 TRW 155) [pdf, 64 KB]

   ...MB 140, 29 September 2008 182 Gisborne MB 54, 4 August 2008 (Heard at Gisborne) Counsel: Mr G Webb, for the Applicant Mr B Tupara, for the Respondent Judgment: 16 February 2011 at 2:15 AM RESERVED JUDGMENT OF JUDGE L R HARVEY ON COSTS Solicitors: Nolans, Gisborne for the Applicant Kahurangi Law, Gisborne for the Respondent 12 Tairawhiti MB 156 Introduction [1] Following a lengthy series of hearings these proceedings were re...

5. Holland & Ors as Trustees of the Harbourview Trust v Auckland City Council & Ors [2010] NZWHT Auckland 23 [pdf, 56 KB]

   ...Ninth Respondent AND REGENCY PLUMBING LIMITED (Removed) Tenth Respondent AND CRAIG GORDON (Removed) Eleventh Respondent AND MARK PAINTON Twelfth Respondent AND ELDON ARCHER (Removed) Thirteenth Respondent DECISION ON COSTS - QUANTUM Adjudicator: P A McConnell Page 2 of 5 [1] Judge Joyce allowed the appeal against the decision not to award costs. He concluded that Alan Maxwell Grant and Max Grant Architects Limited (Max Grant) have satisfied...

6. [2022] NZACC 52 - Sharp v ACC (1 April 2022) [pdf, 135 KB]

   ...CORPORATION Respondent Hearing: 23 November 2021 Held at: Rotorua/Rotorua-Nui-A-Kahumatamomoe Appearances: H Menneer for the appellant C Hlavac for the respondent Judgment: 1 April 2022 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE P R SPILLER [Claim for costs, relating to an appeal under the Accident Compensation Act 2001] Introduction [1] This decision concerns a claim for costs by Ms Menneer, the advocate representing Mr Sharp in his appeal under the Accident Compensation Act...

7. [2024] NZEnvC 109 Hensman v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 208 KB]

   HENSMAN v QLDC – DECISION ON DEFERRAL OF COSTS IN THE ENVIRONMENT COURT AT CHRISTCHURCH I TE KŌTI TAIAO O AOTEAROA KI ŌTAUTAHI Decision No. [2024] NZEnvC 109 IN THE MATTER of the Resource Management Act 1991 AND an application for an enforcement order under ss 314 and 316 of the Act BETWEEN G H, L M AND P J HENSMAN (ENV-2023-CHC-013) Applicants AND QUEENSTOWN LAKES DISTRICT COUNCIL Respondent Court: Environment Judge P A Steven Sitting alone in Chambers at Chr...

8. E v IAG New Zealand Ltd (3rd decision – quantum) [2019] CEIT-2019-0013 [pdf, 596 KB]

   ...about liability, defining the areas of defective repair or unrepaired damage which IAG was liable to remediate. I could not at that time calculate quantum as there had been an escalation of rates and the effect of my findings made the available costings unreliable, making additional evidence necessary. Following on from the Initial Decision the parties’ costing experts, Mr Whyte and Mr Moore, for Mr and Mrs E, and Ms van Eeden and Mr Creighton, for IAG, have conferred on the...

9. [2013] NZEmpC 9 Gini v Strugess [pdf, 73 KB]

   ...(Heard at Wellington) Appearances: Patrick O'Sullivan, advocate for the plaintiff Tim Cleary, counsel for the defendant Judgment: 4 February 2013 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE A D FORD Introduction [1] The plaintiff has challenged a costs determination 1 of the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) dated 2 May 2012 which ordered her to pay the defendant $4,500 in costs. There was no cross-challenge but the defendant seeks to uphold the Authority’s award. [...

10. Arthur v The Proprietors of Potikirua Incorporation - Potikirua Incorporation (2019) 225 Waiariki MB 63 (225 WAR 63) [pdf, 172 KB]

    ...PROPRIETORS OF POTIKIRUA INCORPORATION Respondents Hearing: 8 May 2019, 212 Waiariki MB 61-70 (Heard at Rotorua) Appearances: C Bidois for the applicant Judgment: 3 December 2019 JUDGMENT OF JUDGE C T COXHEAD AS TO COSTS Copies to: C M Bidois, Morrison Kent, PO Box 1742, Rotorua 3040 curtis.bidois@morrisonkent.co.nz mailto:curtis.bidois@morrisonkent.co.nz 225 Waiariki MB 64 He...