9 Nov 2022
MATHIAS v THE EARTHQUAKE COMMISSION [2022] NZHC 2941
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 2941
- Court
- High Court
The Court permitted EQC on an interim basis to continue negotiating and settling individual customers' claims and to send a settlement notice referencing the representative proceedings, but declined EQC's application for disclosure of the plaintiff's litigation funding agreement because disclosure is not routine, no specific relevance was demonstrated and the plaintiff's counsel had formally confirmed the accuracy of the notice.
- Representative proceedings
- Court supervisory jurisdiction over settlements
- Disclosure of litigation funding agreements
- Interim settlements
- Class notice approval