Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No [2016] NZERA Auckland 67
Determination date 02 March 2016
Member Anna Fitzgibbon
Representation M Dew ; G Pollak
Location Auckland
Parties Tex Onsite Ltd v Hill
Summary COSTS – Successful damages and penalties claims – Three day investigation meeting- Applicant sought indemnity costs of $83,000 – Appropriate to apply uplift in notional daily tariff to allow costs for 6 days’ preparation time to reflect respondent’s conduct that unnecessarily increased applicant’s costs – Respondent to pay applicant $31,500 contribution to costs
Result Costs in favour of applicant ($31,500) ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($16,137.26)
Main Category Costs
Statutes ERA Second Schedule cl15
Cases Cited Baker v St John Central Regional Trust Board [2013] NZEmpC 109;Booth v Big Kahuna Holdings Limited [2015] NZEmpC 4;Bradbury v Westbank Banking Corp [2009] NZCA 234, [2009] 3 NZLR 400;Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections v Tawhihirangi [2008] ERNZ 73 (EmpC);Fagotti v Acme Ltd [2015] NZEmpC 135;Fifita (aka Bloomfield) v Dunedin Casinos Ltd [2012] NZERA Christchurch 219;PBO Ltd (formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz [2005] ERNZ 808 (EmpC);Rodkiss v Carter Holt Harvey Ltd [2015] NZEmpC 34;Tex Onsite Ltd v Hill [2016] NZERA Auckland 25;Tomo v Checkmate Precision Cutting Tools Limited [2015] NZEmpC 2
Number of Pages 11
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