New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Release of claims

Legal area

Court

25 Aug 2022

MACKENZIE v HISHON [2022] NZHC 2137

Citation

[2022] NZHC 2137
Court

High Court

The court entered the parties' agreed consent judgment, exercised power under r 4.56 to join Purple & Orange Limited as a plaintiff, and ordered the settlement terms (payment schedule, transfer of shares, resignation as director, and no order for costs) which together operate as a full and final bar to past claims between the parties.
17 Nov 2008

MCCULLY V MASON AND ANOR HC AK CIV 2008-404-2775

Citation

openlaw-aa05a8d2_3384_43cd_ad9a_61bdf6e923f2.pdf
Court

High Court

The court entered a consent judgment enforcing the agreed settlement: ordering payment of $100,000 to the plaintiff under the specified timetable, apportioning any interest on late settlement between the plaintiff and the Cancer Society after expenses, leaving costs where they fall, allowing the plaintiff to retain unsold trust chattels, and recording the settlement as full and final with discontinuance of the proceedings.