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New Zealand Case Law

Settlement agreement implementation
  • 27 Nov 2015

    BELL v JOHN BRUCE BELL [2015] NZHC 3059

    Citation
    [2015] NZHC 3059
    Court
    High Court

    Clause 2 of the settlement deed imposed a contractual obligation of good faith cooperation including clarification of information; the plaintiff demonstrated that specified banking and Forsyth Barr brokerage records and certain third-party transaction records are necessary to implement the settlement and verify realisations; defendants had no tenable defence to disclosure of those specified documents and summary orders for disclosure were appropriate, while other broader or premature requests were dismissed; costs awarded to plaintiff on a 2B scale reduced by 10% with disbursements.