NEW ZEALAND SOLICITOR/EXECUTOR CAUSES MISTAKE WHICH LEADS TO COURT PROCEEDINGS – IS HE LIABLE FOR THE COSTS?
In Crawford v Phillips [2018] NZCA 351, the New Zealand Court of Appeal decided that, notwithstanding one of the executors of an estate may have made a mistake which led to the litigation, all costs should be paid from the estate, not that executor personally. This case is of interest to practitioners outside New Zealand … Read more