28 Feb 2020
Sutton v Bell [2020] NZHC 327
- Citation
- [2020] NZFLR 27
- Court
- High Court
The Court granted leave to adduce the recovered emails on appeal because they were sufficiently fresh, credible and cogent and were relevant to the commencement date of the de facto relationship; admission was conditioned on provision of the complete hard drive and extraction instructions to opposing counsel to guard against selective production. The Court refused leave to adduce the accounting records as they lacked probative value. The Court granted special leave to file an appeal against the First Decision out of time given the late discovery of the evidence and the interests of justice.