Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Wellington
Reference No WA 20/09
Determination date 27 February 2009
Member G J Wood
Location Wellington
Parties Hughes and Anor v Upper Hutt Cosmopolitan Club Inc
Summary COSTS - Unsuccessful claim about jurisdiction - Two day investigation meeting - Respondent sought $10,000 contribution to costs - Respondent claimed complex factual and legal issues involved - Applicants submitted costs should lie where they fall because law under which claims based relatively new and untested, applicants did not engage in any sham and were impecunious - Authority accepted complex legal and factual issues involved - Found no previous determinations or judgments on issue - However, while issue novel could not be said to be test case and therefore principles applying to such cases did not apply - Found applicants may be in position to pay costs award over time - Applicants jointly and severally liable to pay respondent $6,000 contribution to costs
Result Costs in favour of respondent ($6,000)
Main Category Costs
Number of Pages 2
PDF File Link: wa 20_09.pdf [pdf 13 KB]