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Pleading distinct causes
  • 13 Apr 2021

    ECKHOFF v ORBELL [2021] NZHC 757

    Citation
    [2021] NZHC 757
    Court
    High Court

    The statement of claim was non-compliant because it failed to plead distinct causes of action and capacities of defendants clearly and contained diffuse and repetitious allegations; the plaintiff was ordered to file an amended statement of claim pleading distinct causes separately and incorporating specified particulars; the application for particular discovery under r 8.19 was dismissed except for agreed financial/disclosure items and subject to conferral on the period and scope of Levels' financial records, after finding no sufficient grounds that further categories of discoverable document…