17 Nov 2017
MAHONEY v MAHONEY [2017] NZHC 2822
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 2822
- Court
- High Court
The application for separate trials was dismissed because the applicant failed to show that bifurcation would be efficient: the issues were not sufficiently discrete, there would be significant evidential overlap (notably valuation evidence and facts surrounding non-disclosure of the Fletcher arrangements), bifurcation risked duplication, inconsistent findings and delay including potential multiple appeals, and therefore the presumption of a single trial was not displaced.