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New Zealand Case Law

Non-party discovery r 8.21
  • 6 May 2021

    SURESH PATEL v MURALIKRISHNA BEECHARAJU [2021] NZHC 964

    Citation
    [2021] NZHC 964
    Court
    High Court

    Court found pleaded allegations that company funds were diverted through defendants' personal accounts and that company records were incompletely disclosed established relevance and a proper basis to infer existence of further documents; ordered particular discovery of YAL financials, account books and employment/immigration records and non-party discovery from trading banks for personal bank statements as proportionate and necessary; directed staged affidavit and inspection process and allocated initial costs for non-party production to plaintiff and ordinary costs against defendants for the…

    • Oppressive conduct
    • Particular discovery r 8.19
    • Non-party discovery r 8.21
    • Directors' duties
    • Misappropriation
    • Personal bank account disclosure