10 Nov 2023
BRIAN JOSEPH LINEHAN v THAMES-COROMANDEL DISTRICT COUNCIL [2023] NZSC 149 [10 November 2023]
- Citation
- [2023] NZSC 149
- Court
- Supreme Court
The application for leave to appeal was dismissed because the issues advanced were primarily factual applications of settled contributory negligence principles that do not raise questions of general or public importance and did not demonstrate a civil miscarriage of justice; the Court of Appeal's assessment of contributory negligence was within permissible bounds.