26 Aug 2020
GRACE v ORION NEW ZEALAND LIMITED [2020] NZHC 2176
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2176
- Court
- High Court
The court held that statements offered to prove the truth of their contents are inadmissible under s17 Evidence Act 2006 unless admissible under s18 on reliability grounds; admission of supplementary briefs is discretionary under r9.8 and leave may be granted where prejudice is limited and justice requires; expert opinion from Donnellan was admissible where within his expertise and properly tested by cross-examination, but discrete passages that amount to unsupported submissions or add little probative value are excluded. Applying these principles the Court admitted background and expert-opin…