31 Jul 2020
COMMERCE COMMISSION v LODGE REAL ESTATE LTD [2020] NZHC 1909
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1909
- Court
- High Court
The court concluded the requested financial year-end statements are relevant and important to the mandatory s80 assessment of commercial gain and to inform the financial position of individual proprietors; HCR 8.19 and 8.7 permit particular discovery of such documents; solicitors' written assurances did not render the statements irrelevant; the court therefore exercised its discretion to order production of the specified financial statements from the first and third defendants.