Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No [2015] NZERA Auckland 296
Determination date 25 September 2015
Member Rachel Larmer
Representation J Browne ; D Luiten
Location Auckland
Parties Saroz v Flower Feva Ltd
Summary COSTS - Half day investigation meeting – Applicant sought $10,300 indemnity costs – Inappropriate to award indemnity costs – Authority found appropriate to award costs based on original schedule for two day investigation meeting as applicant’s effort in pre-meeting work enabled time to be reduced to half day and inequitable for applicant to bear those costs – Authority found appropriate to award $2,000 uplift in notional daily tariff as respondent’s conduct unreasonable and unnecessarily increased applicant’s costs – Respondent to pay applicant $9,000 contribution towards costs
Result Costs in favour of applicant ($9,000) ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($71.56)(filing fee)
Main Category Costs
Cases Cited Saroz v Flower Feva Ltd [2015] NZERA Auckland 250;Saroz v Flower Feva Ltd [2015] NZERA Auckland 266;PBO Ltd (formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz [2005] ERNZ 808 (EmpC)
Number of Pages 6
PDF File Link: 2015_NZERA_Auckland_296.pdf [pdf 98 KB]