30 Jul 2014
TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION & ORS v DOTCOM [2014] NZHC 1789
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1789
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that it had jurisdiction under High Court Rules r 32.3 and r 32.5 to grant an ancillary disclosure order prior to a freezing order; the summary of US evidential material could be considered for the limited purpose of assessing a good arguable case; applicants had a good arguable case and showed sufficient prospect that a US judgment would be enforceable in New Zealand (the respondent had submitted to jurisdiction in Virginia); the order sought was not inconsistent with the US stay; and there was a real risk assets would be dissipated, therefore an order requiring full disclosur…