8 Jul 2015
STRATHBOSS KIWIFRUIT LTD v ATTORNEY-GENERAL [2015] NZHC 1596
- Citation
- (2015) 23 PRNZ 69
- Court
- High Court
The court provisionally found the plaintiffs' negligence causes of action sufficiently tenable to justify leave for a funded representative action despite arguable statutory defences; representative procedure was appropriate for growers (with PHO representation conditional on joinder), the disclosed funding deed did not unreasonably fetter claimant control, and security for costs should be provided by the funder by way of bank guarantee in staged amounts ($250,000 initially and $100,000 for inspection) with an opt‑in deadline set (9 October 2015).