8 Apr 2015
STAPLES RODWAY LIMITED v JOHN ANTHONY CRISFORD [2015] NZHC 670
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 670
- Court
- High Court
The Court found no tenable case of a contingency agreement and that the first defendant had accepted the work and charges and bound himself personally by the signed documents (including the deed acknowledging debt); summary judgment was therefore granted against the first defendant for $249,135.43 with interest. The Court declined summary judgment against the second defendant because, although s330 deems the struck off company to have continued in existence, Staples Rodway failed on the present evidence to establish actual, implied or apparent authority (or ratification) by the co‑director su…