30 Mar 2017
WONG & Anor v SELFE & Anor [2017] NZHC 610
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 610
- Court
- High Court
The application to set aside the summary judgment was dismissed because the summary judgment was not irregularly obtained (service was valid and the plaintiffs' affidavit need not have disclosed matters of which the plaintiffs had no evidence), the defendants failed to demonstrate a substantial defence (they produced no invoices or documentary evidence to support the asserted $90,000 set-off and their illegal re-entry claim produced no quantifiable loss), and the delay in bringing the application was not sufficiently explained; accordingly the original summary judgment and associated orders r…