16 Dec 2016
SOUTHERN RESPONSE UNRESOLVED CLAIMS GROUP v SOUTHERN RESPONSE EARTHQUAKE SERVICES LIMITED [2016] NZHC 3105
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 3105
- Court
- High Court
The amended statement of claim, read liberally and flexibly in light of Credit Suisse and Saunders, sufficiently pleads a common 'strategy' by Southern Response that can serve as the representative 'spine' for a r 4.24 proceeding; accordingly leave to proceed as a representative action is granted and the litigation funding arrangement is approved subject to court-ordered remedial disclosure (approved explanatory letter and 21-day cooling-off), an initial security for costs of NZD 150,000 and other procedural directions; the discovery demand for claimant contact details is refused as unnecessa…