20 Jun 2018
HARVEY v MEDIAWORKS HOLDINGS LIMITED [2019] NZHC 1414
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1414
- Court
- High Court
Associate Judge Johnston refused the defendant's application for a judge-alone trial because the case did not principally involve difficult questions of law and the plaintiff had validly exercised the s16 election for trial by jury; the application to transfer to the District Court was dismissed because the plaintiff's counsel opened the case on the basis that damages exceed $350,000 and s43(1) prevents pleadings of quantum, so transfer would defeat the plaintiff's entitlement and the District Court's jurisdictional limit.