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Evidence and jurisdiction
  • 13 Feb 2020

    TURNER v IKEDA [2020] NZHC 149

    Citation
    [2020] NZHC 149
    Court
    High Court

    Emails and communications were, objectively and in context, legitimate complaints and challenges by a unit owner and committee member about body corporate remediation; language was strong but did not evidence a purpose to cause fear for safety nor would a reasonable person in the applicant's position fear for safety; alleged camera incident was improbable on the facts; the alleged meeting comment, even if made, constituted at best a single specified act and therefore no pattern within 12 months existed, so no jurisdiction to grant a restraining order and an order was not necessary.