[2017] NZEmpC 118 - Nathan v Broadspectrum (NZ) Ltd [pdf, 380 KB]
...starting point should be the Guideline especially given its stated purpose. [20] The Guideline draws on the costs scale in the High Court Rules and observations about the use of a scale in that Court are pertinent. In Joint Action Funding Ltd v Eichelbaum the purpose of costs rules in the High Court were discussed by the Court of Appeal.10 [21] In that case the Court observed that a central aim of the High Court costs regime is to deliver to the successful party approximately t...