Herbison v Papakura Video Ltd - [1988] 1 NZLR 292

Practice and procedure — Costs — Application of scale — Certification for the whole of the costs of the proceeding — After a lengthy two-stage trial, plaintiff proved a claim for damages of $294,046 but was awarded $159,046 plus interest after deduction of an undisputed counterclaim — Plaintiff sought party and party costs of $25,540 - Whether the limit of $5750 under item 36 in the second schedule to High Court Rules should be regarded as the uppermost reasonable contribution in the ordinary kind of case — Whether the Court should certify for the whole of the costs of the proceeding according to scale — High Court Rules, R 46.