Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No [2011] NZERA Auckland 56
Determination date 11 February 2011
Member V Campbell
Representation R Alchin ; A Hope
Location Auckland
Parties Selliman v Te Runanga O Kirikiriroa Trust
Summary COSTS – Partly successful personal grievance – Three and a half day investigation meeting – Applicant sought contribution to $26,773 total costs – Authority found no breakdown of actual costs incurred – Found difficult to assess reasonableness of costs – Found costs incurred reasonable – Respondent failed to respond to Calderbank offer – Found successful claim took up bulk of hearing time – $6,000 contribution to costs appropriate
Result Costs in favour of applicant ($6,000)
Main Category Costs
Cases Cited PBO Ltd (formerly Rush Security Ltd) v Da Cruz [2005] ERNZ 808;Watson v New Zealand Electrical Traders Limited t/a Bray Switchgear unreported, Colgan CJ, 24 Nov 2006, AC 64/06
Number of Pages 3
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