[2024] NZEnvC 102 Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc v West Coast Regional Council [pdf, 273 KB]
...the same in a costs award should be followed; (e) in any event, the parties have not supplied sufficient detailed evidence of the costs actually incurred; (f) any award in favour of F&B ought to account for the funding received from the Environmental Legal Assistance Fund (ELA); (g) the hearing was a test case on the chapter 7 RPS provisions, which counts against any award of costs been made; and (h) if an award is made, costs of various of the witnesses ought to be exclud...