31 Oct 2006
ROSS V ROSS HC AK CIV-2006-485-001309
- Citation
- openlaw-9d8ed0a5_80fe_4953_9061_ffcdd5b1103b.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held the New York money judgment was final and enforceable in New Zealand by reason of comity; Lopez Torres does not render past New York Supreme Court decisions void or incapable of recognition; the judgment crystallised a debt for a definite sum (not an ongoing maintenance order) and therefore fell within the High Court's jurisdiction under s16 Judicature Act 1908; no arguable defence on public policy, natural justice or admissibility grounds existed, so summary judgment was granted for the amounts ordered.