Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 1A/08
Determination date 26 February 2008
Member R A Monaghan
Representation T Skinner ; P Akbar
Location Auckland
Parties Smith v Engineering & Technical Recruitment Ltd and Anor
Other Parties Career Engineer Ltd
Summary COSTS - Partially successful personal grievance - Partially successful breach of contract counterclaim - Length of investigation meeting not specified - Each party sought costs - Authority found both parties contributed to delays - No single, fully successful party - However, first respondent substantially successful party - Authority deemed $4,000 an appropriate contribution to costs if one party had been successful on all matters - As matter of who successful party was not clear cut, $4,000 contribution to costs should be allocated accordingly - Outcome of balancing contribution was award of $750 to first respondent
Result Costs in favour of respondent ($750)
Main Category Costs
Cases Cited PBO Ltd(formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz [2005] 1 ERNZ 808
Number of Pages 4
PDF File Link: aa 1a_08.pdf [pdf 17 KB]