| 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] |