12 Apr 2017
DETECTION SERVICES LIMITED & Ors v PICKERING & Ors [2017] NZHC 709
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 709
- Court
- High Court
The application for a separate question was dismissed because the estoppel issue could not be neatly isolated from the broader factual and remedial inquiries the High Court must undertake; the applicant did not discharge the heavy onus to show that a split trial would be the most expeditious and efficient means to resolve the proceedings, and a separate determination was unlikely to materially shorten or avoid a full trial.