Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 398/08
Determination date 20 November 2008
Member Y S Oldfield
Representation D Collins ; JM Coxhead
Location Auckland
Parties Simmonds v On To It Realty Ltd
Summary COSTS - Refer to Authority Minute of 4 November - Applicant claimed for costs of in relation to order for non compliance - Applicant claimed extra costs incurred in both time and money due to ongoing communication made to find out when payment going to be made - Claimed half an hour of time for average employment advocate on hourly rate basis of $300 - Given extra stress endured in waiting on payment additional amount of $150.00 claimed for costs was fair - Authority not persuaded by submission to change view expressed in Minute of 4 November - “Application for non-compliance” consisted of a few lines handwritten on form - In those circumstances Authority did not consider contribution to costs required - However, remained of view applicant should recover filing fee
Result No order for costs ; Disbursements in favour of applicant ($70)(Filing fee)
Main Category Costs
Number of Pages 2
PDF File Link: aa 398_08.pdf [pdf 13 KB]