30 Aug 2017
CRIDGE v STUDORP LTD [2017] NZCA 376
- Citation
- (2017) 23 PRNZ 582
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court upheld the High Court's representative order under r 4.24 because the issues of duty, breach and whether James Hardie's technical statements were misleading involve common factual and legal questions suitable for representative determination; the opt‑in periods imposed by the High Court were unreasonably short and were extended to five calendar months from the date of the judgment; and filing a representative statement of claim operates to stop the limitation period for those on whose behalf the claim is brought even if representative status is later disallowed, so the High Court er…