9 Oct 2014
LAERY v GROUT [2014] NZHC 2495
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 2495
- Court
- High Court
The appointment of Mr William Malcolm Patterson as temporary administrator under s7 Administration Act 1969 vested in him the rights and powers of a general administrator (except distribution), including the right to call for and take delivery of the deceased's will and power of attorney files from the plaintiffs; the plaintiffs, as non‑acting executors while an administrator is in office, must deliver the files and cannot resist production by claiming privilege in respect of documents relevant to a beneficiary, with any privilege claims to be determined by the administrator under s66 Evidenc…