New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Case management timetabling

Legal area

Court

10 Jul 2020

ALEXANDER v SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LTD [2020] NZHC 1660

Citation

[2020] NZHC 1660
Court

High Court

The Court held the defendant was entitled to recover wasted costs for the vacating of the judicial settlement conferences on 2 December 2019 and 9 March 2020 because those vacatons resulted from plaintiffs' default and delays in providing and updating the joint experts' report; quantum was not assessable on the material before the Court and was deferred pending a filed schedule and time records.
15 Sept 2015

KEA TRUST COMPANY LIMITED v PUGACHEV [2015] NZHC 2218

Citation

[2015] NZHC 2218
Court

High Court

The Court exercised its case management discretion: the costs protection application is to be heard contemporaneously with the substantive Trustee Act directions application on 28 September 2015; leave to amend the originating application to seek protection from personal liability for costs was granted where no opposition existed; minor beneficiaries need not be joined nor a litigation guardian appointed because their interests coincide with their parents; and a detailed timetable for filing affidavits and submissions was fixed.