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When a party asks for its costs after a matter is decided and the parties cannot agree, the Authority fixes them under clause 15 of Schedule 2 of the Employment Relations Act 2000, which lets it order a party to pay the costs and expenses it thinks reasonable. It usually starts from a notional daily rate for the length of the investigation meeting, following PBO Ltd v Da Cruz [2005] ERNZ 808, and moves up or down for things such as how the parties conducted the case. A settlement offer marked 'without prejudice save as to costs' (a Calderbank offer) that the other side rejected and then failed to better can justify a higher award. Costs in the Authority are a contribution towards fees, not full reimbursement.

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