Sand mining company wins hefty court costs appeal

A failure to produce invoices to back up a large court costs claim from appeals against sand mining off Pākiri resulted in a successful appeal for aggregates company McCallum Bros (MBL) in the Auckland High Court this month. The Environment Court has been ordered to reconsider its award of $450,000 to Manuhiri Kaitaki Charitable Trust (MKCT) from sand miners MBL last October, after High Court judge Justice Geoffrey Venning agreed with MBL’s contention that MKCT should have provided invoices to back up its claim. MBL was originally ordered to pay $450,000 to MKCT, the operational arm of Ngāti M...

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