28 Mar 2019
NUKU v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2019] NZHC 618
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 618
- Court
- High Court
No new parties order or leave to file a second amended statement of claim was granted because there was no qualifying event under HCR r4.52 making such an order necessary or desirable, and because permitting late amendment and joinder at this stage would be inappropriate given the close of pleadings, completed evidence and discovery, and the imminent hearing; disclosure issues can be addressed by inclusion of documents in the agreed bundle rather than adding a party.