Ministry of Justice

Costs decision / application for costs against first and second respondents / Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal Act 2019, section 47 / principles of costs awards in CEIT discussed / may be awarded when steps taken without substantial merit or in bad faith / recovery permitted for costs incurred unnecessarily as a consequence / insurer and second respondent advanced arguments without substantial merit / insurer acted in bad faith / insurer complaints of unfairness in being singled out for costs / while other respondents shared an interest with insurer in some respects, no evidence they endorsed insurer’s actions / applicants awarded costs to offset expenses unnecessarily incurred by first and second respondent’s conduct of cases.