1 Oct 2015
E-TRANS INTERNATIONAL FINANCE LTD v KIWIBANK LTD [2015] NZHC 2394
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 2394
- Court
- High Court
The Court concluded the proceeding was not ripe for the November 2015 hearing and vacated that hearing, refusing to split the trial; it fixed the full hearing for 3–11 February 2016 (with a further week available 22 February 2016), imposed a strict timetable for pleadings, interrogatories, discovery (including specific orders for Category 6 and reserved matters for Category 4 and 8), evidence (factual and expert briefs) and submissions, granted leave limitedly where specified, appointed a lay member, and reserved costs — these directions were necessary to ensure a fair and ready trial and to…
- Implied contractual term (code of banking practice)
- Right to close bank accounts for aml compliance
- Commerce act substantial lessening of competition
- Breach of statutory duty (reserve bank directive/aml act)
- Interim injunction
- Discovery and interrogatories