16 May 2023
HAGAMAN v HAGAMAN [2023] NZHC 1168
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1168
- Court
- High Court
Leave to file the fourth amended statement of claim was granted but conditioned to prevent prejudice: plaintiffs must provide specified further discovery (narrowly tailored categories), may not file any further evidence in chief, and defendants may file an amended defence limited to matters arising from the new cause of action; documents specifically referred to in a party's brief and within its control that are relevant must be discovered under r 8.18; the late Earl's affidavit did not waive privilege because it did not disclose a significant part of legal advice and the defendants had not p…