20 Feb 2019
WAIWERA WATER NEW ZEALAND LTD v MELROSE [2019] NZHC 221
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 221
- Court
- High Court
The Court was satisfied there were surrounding circumstances from which it was reasonable to infer the plaintiff would be unable to meet a costs award (lease cancellation, exclusion from premises, inaccessible bottling plant, contradictory plaintiff evidence), and in exercise of its discretion ordered staged security of $25,000 to cover interlocutory steps to close of pleadings, with a stay if not paid and costs to defendant on a 2B basis.