16 Mar 2016
MCCABE & ORS v THISTLE FARMS LIMITED & ORS [2016] NZHC 456
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 456
- Court
- High Court
The application was in substance a late challenge to an Associate Judge's discovery orders and no adequate reason existed to exercise residual discretion to allow review out of time; alternatively, as an application to vary under r 8.17 the defendants failed to show compliance revealed a need for variation or a change of circumstances justifying reconsideration. Tailored discovery must be confined to documents relevant to pleaded issues and defendants must identify specific documents necessary to defend disputed causes of action. The application was dismissed and plaintiffs were directed to f…