29 Jul 2014
BODY CORPORATE 325261 v MCDONOUGH & ORS [2014] NZHC 1821
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1821
- Court
- High Court
Leave to discontinue claims against settled defendants was granted while preserving settled defendants as parties for purposes of SML's cross-claims. Leave to file the 10th amended statement of claim was granted in part and declined in part: amendments that merely update or correct pleadings and reflect expert conferencing were permitted; proposed amendments expressly adding anxiety about structural safety and certain late stigma evidence were declined because they risk prejudicing SML at a late stage. Proposed increases in floor diaphragm remediation estimates were permitted to the extent th…