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New Zealand Case Law

Property law act s313
  • 14 Dec 2018

    KINGSBEER v OKEY [2018] NZHC 3309

    Citation
    [2018] NZHC 3309
    Court
    High Court

    The High Court dismissed the applicants' interlocutory application for want of jurisdiction because the Court of Appeal had substituted the High Court judgment and not remitted matters; the appropriate course for enforcement or modification is a fresh application under ss 313 or 317 of the Property Law Act. The Court provided a practicable, non-binding pathway for implementation (joint instruction of a project manager, appointment by Engineering New Zealand if no agreement, costs to be borne 75/25 as per Court of Appeal) and fixed costs consequences for the original High Court proceedings (ap…