16 Dec 2020
SHEARING SERVICES KAMUPENE LIMITED (in liquidation) v Tarahau Farming Limited [2020] NZHC 3352
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3352
- Court
- High Court
Where a company repeatedly fails to engage a solicitor despite clear Court directions and where the issues are legally and factually complex (including the interaction of tikanga and statutory law), the Court will refuse leave for a lay director to represent the company, decline viva voce evidence that circumvents ordered affidavit procedure, and strike out the company's application to set aside judgment as an abuse of process and causing delay, even if the substantive challenge may be arguable.