A v M (No 2) - [1991] 3 NZLR 254

Practice and procedure — Costs — Exemplary damages — Assault and battery — Sexual assault — Rape — Plaintiff, legally aided, awarded $20,000 exemplary damages for rape — Costs amounted to about $21,000 on an indemnity basis and not more than $10,446.87 under the terms of the scale in the second schedule of the High Court Rules — Whether costs should be awarded on a total indemnity basis — Legal Aid Act 1969, s 23(2)(e)(ii) - High Court Rules, second schedule — High Court Rules, R 46.