10 May 2019
VON BRAINICH-FELTH-EILANDER v WARD [2019] NZHC 1029
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 1029
- Court
- High Court
Court granted leave only to amend pleadings to raise a jurisdictional issue about the Netherlands immovable properties but refused leave to amend in relation to the family trust powers and the three Schedule B items because the defendant's proposed changes were unacceptably late, would constitute distinct new defences, would cause significant prejudice and likely delay, and were insufficiently justified on the merits; costs consequences and time limits were ordered to mitigate prejudice.
- Leave to amend pleadings after close of pleadings
- Jurisdiction over foreign immovable property
- Classification of trust rights/powers as property
- Prejudice and delay
- Costs orders and wasted costs