20 Jul 2018
NEWFOUNDWORLD SITE 2 (HOTEL) LIMITED v AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED [2018] NZCA 261
- Citation
- [2018] NZCA 261
- Court
- Court of Appeal
The Court upheld the High Court: (1) the July 2012 email exchanges did constitute an agreement permitting Novotel to charge for early check‑ins in the circumstances described; (2) that informal agreement did not form part of or survive the separately negotiated and executed 2013 Agreement, which superseded prior arrangements; (3) payments by Air New Zealand in response to Novotel invoices were attributable to mistake and did not establish an unequivocal representation giving rise to estoppel; and (4) clause 11.2 did not plainly or unambiguously cover recovery of solicitor/client indemnity cos…