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Company sham/attribution
  • 2 Aug 2019

    FARRELLY v WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL [2019] NZHC 1875

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 1875
    Court
    High Court

    Tailored discovery must be proportionate and relevance-filtered; plaintiffs were not entitled to blanket discovery of extensive financial and internal records absent credible basis to allege a sham or likelihood of relevant documents, but the court ordered discovery of specified narrower categories: (a) financial/internal records in paragraphs 8(s), 8(u) and 8(w) from 1 April 2005 onwards (excluding personal financial records of Craig Stewart or trusts for his benefit); (b) all documents relating to incorporation and involvement of Stratum Management (paragraph 8(f)); and (c) for documents co…