9 Dec 2021
BALL & ORS v SAINT & ORS [2021] NZHC 3368
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 3368
- Court
- High Court
The court applied relevance and proportionality to discovery requests, concluded plaintiffs had complied with the prior discovery order and agreed expanded categories by consent, found most of the first defendant's proposed particular discovery to be overbroad, disproportionate or a fishing expedition, and therefore refused those requests while ordering discovery only as expanded by consent and limited ancillary disclosure (visitor's book or affidavit and Form G37 supplementary affidavit); also ordered the first defendant to file an amended defence; awarded costs to plaintiffs against the fir…