Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Christchurch
Reference No CA 7C/05
Determination date 15 November 2005
Member H Doyle
Representation J Goldstein ; I Thompson
Location Christchurch
Parties Hauraki v Te Awa o Te Ora Trust
Summary COSTS - Successful interim reinstatement order and successful personal grievance - Substantive matter took almost three days - Applicant sought total costs of $3,000 plus GST for interim reinstatement - Also sought total costs of $7,000 plus GST for substantive personal grievance as well as $70 for filing fee and $600 for hearing fees - Application for costs for interim reinstatement and substantive application considered separately - Costs of $3,000 plus GST for interim reinstatement reasonably incurred - Not satisfied full award of costs justified - Fair and reasonable contribution of $2,500 appropriate - Actual costs of $7,000 for substantive application reasonably incurred - Not satisfied should be award of full costs - Fair contribution of 70 percent of costs appropriate plus disbursements
Result Costs in favour of applicant ($2,500)(interim reinstatement) ; Disbursements ($70)(Filing fee)(interim reinstatement) ; Costs in favour of applicant ($5,512.50)(substantive application) ; ($600)(Hearing fees)(substantive application)
Cases Cited Ogilvy & Mather (NZ) Ltd v Darroch [1993] 2 ERNZ 943
Number of Pages 3
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