9 Mar 2022
Proceeding struck out because claims against the two District Court Judges are barred by judicial immunity and cannot succeed, and the claim against the amicus is outside the scope of the Judicial Review Procedure Act and NZBORA s27; the proceeding is plainly an abuse of process under r 5.35B(2)(a) and must be struck out.
16 Dec 2021
The affidavit supporting the originating application contained scandalous and irrelevant allegations against judges and counsel that rendered the proceeding plainly an abuse of process; accordingly, on referral under r 5.35A and pursuant to the powers in r 5.35B (and r 15.1), the Duty Judge properly struck out the proceeding before service.
17 Feb 2017
The review was dismissed because the related proceedings had been resolved by consent judgments rendering the stay applications and the question of further steps in the liquidation proceeding moot, so no relief could be granted on review of the Associate Judge's dismissal.
9 Sept 2015
Leave to appeal dismissed because no decision of the Commissioner had been made; the examiner's report was not a decision and therefore there was no right of appeal under s12(6); the purported appeal was misconceived and bound to be struck out.
7 Feb 2008
Because the defendant accepted the plaintiff's costs memorandum and the claimed sum was in order, the court awarded costs and disbursements of $2,312.15 to the plaintiff and, insofar as necessary, struck out the proceedings.
13 Jul 2006
The appeal was dismissed as moot because the appellant company was restored to the register in a separate High Court order, thereby removing the company’s lack of legal capacity to pursue the proceedings and obviating the need to quash the Authority's strike-out decision.