4 Nov 2020
TAUA v TAHI ENTERPRISES LTD [2020] NZHC 2899
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 2899
- Court
- High Court
Consolidation was refused because there was insufficient commonality between the proceedings: this proceeding focuses on whether specific documents (the List of Members and Further Documents) are confidential and how they were obtained, whereas the earlier proceeding focuses on authority, agency and trusteeship issues underpinning the Agreements. Consolidation would risk prejudice and delay to the plaintiffs, would not produce sufficient saving of time or resources, and could wrongly expand discovery in the earlier proceeding; accordingly the defendants' r 10.12 application is dismissed and t…