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10 Feb 2022

BIL NZ TREASURY LIMITED v PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS NEW ZEALAND [2022] NZHC 150

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[2022] NZHC 150
Court

High Court

The court ordered limited further discovery: PwC must rerun specified pre-2011 Lotus Notes searches using plaintiffs' terms and disclose relevant results; most plaintiff requests for post-2011 Lotus Notes, iManage folders, Wellington shared drive, hard copy boxes and other specific discovery were dismissed because plaintiffs failed to show credible evidence those searches would yield relevant undisclosed material; the plaintiffs must provide discovery or affidavits regarding the Manuka Health sale and purchase agreement and must discover exchanges with EY Law on the efficacy of the mechanism…
3 Apr 2020

WHITE & ORS v JAMES HARDIE NEW ZEALAND & ORS [2020] NZHC 685

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[2020] NZHC 685
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High Court

The Court ordered that, where practicable, defendants must identify individual authors and recipients for discovered documents and must identify the employee positions of named custodians within each defendant entity (with leave to file affidavits where positions cannot be identified). The Court justified limited targeted expansion (GMT/RMT search terms) but declined broad, unjustified expansion without expert caucusing and a joint report addressing efficacy, proportionality and cost. The Court reserved other aspects for further timetabling, declined to make an immediate unless order, and req…