[2018] NZEmpC 30 Lancom Technology Ltd v Forman and ors [pdf, 322 KB]
...determination of the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) dated 1 September 2017 (the costs determination).1 The defendants, who in fact lost the case before the Authority and were ordered to pay significant penalties, succeeded in a costs claim because of a Calderbank offer made prior to the hearing. The Authority ordered Lancom to pay $7,000 in costs to the first defendant, Mr Forman, and $6,000 to the second defendant, Mr Kang.