New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Communications with class members

Legal area

Court

23 Feb 2021

ROSS v SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LIMITED [2021] NZHC 253

Citation

[2021] NZHC 253
Court

High Court

The application for directions in the form sought was refused; the Court holds that its supervisory jurisdiction extends to defendant communications with class members and that prior court approval of particular communications is required in the present context, but the defendant remains free to apply with draft communications for the Court's approval.
11 Feb 2021

ROSS v SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LIMITED [2021] NZHC 632

Citation

[2021] NZHC 632
Court

High Court

LPF's application to intervene was dismissed because it was premature and opportunistic: no competing representative proceeding funded by LPF had been filed, LPF's intervention was driven by commercial interest rather than impartial assistance to the Court, existing parties were adequately represented on the communications issue, and convening carriage‑motion timetabling before an alternative proceeding exists would be unjust and risk prejudice and inefficiency.