21 Nov 2019
HOEBERECHTS v SPROTT [2019] NZHC 3045
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 3045
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that, applying the Assa Abloy four-stage test, the applicant established relevance and grounds to believe the specified documents exist and that discovery was proportionate if narrowed; accordingly ordered limited discovery (bank statements, specified trust documents, mortgage documents, real estate communications, documents about personal use) and added Alison as defendant pursuant to r 4.56 to permit discovery against her where appropriate; denied discovery of artwork documents and other overly broad categories and confined many orders to documents since 2014 or otherwise lim…