New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Particular discovery (r 8.24)

Legal area

Court

16 Aug 2011

PREMIER EVENTS GROUP LIMITED V M J BEATTIE & ORS HC AK CIV 2010-404-003178

Citation

openlaw-a86c5eb5_4594_46ed_8179_4a38473cfc10.pdf
Court

High Court

Court discharged interim suppression after withdrawal; granted PEG use of specific Langham-related documents by consent; released PEG from implied undertaking for the listed discovered documents because release would not occasion injustice; ordered particular discovery and compliance with High Court Rules by Mr Regan and defendants within specified timeframes; declined freezing order and mandatory injunction for lack of a fund under PEG control, inadequate good arguable case, insufficient risk of dissipation, deficient undertakings and incomplete full and frank disclosure; granted a property…
26 Apr 2010

SAUNDERS AND ORS V PERRINS AND ORS HC AK CIV-2008-404-03674

Citation

openlaw-baf9d94d_1c17_4851_8ad5_dd1287fdc3c1.pdf
Court

High Court

Documents in the specified categories relate to matters in issue under the Peruvian Guano test and there are grounds for believing defendants are or were in control of those documents (notably via directorships and historic shareholdings); documents created up to 30 June 2007 may be relevant for hindsight valuation and defendants must file further affidavits under r 8.24 and produce discovered documents for inspection subject to reserved procedural steps; confidentiality claims over discovered affidavits of documents are set aside.