Costs 'not enough’
PA Auckland The two men who were cleared of charges in the JBL case say they will stiP i be out of pocket after hav 1 ing been awarded cost ([against the Crown. ' They said yesterday th« ; their actual costs during tl ) lower court hearing we ['considerably higher than tl sum each was awarded. Mr T. G. Maxwell. S.M .!granted $2400 costs to Er ; I Walter Thompson amf $4-1 '|to Francis William Ralph. Mr Thompson said tl award did not go far towat I covering his expenses. Apar I from his legal costs. ther> was the undefined loss of in come. He would not disclos* | the costs of his legal coun sei. Mr Ralph said his legal ’ expense were “in excess of I $6OOO. ’ He, toy. sugered other expenses and was away from his business for nearly three months, but Mr -Ralph said his famiK was able to carry on the busi jness in his absence.
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Press, 24 February 1977, Page 20
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