28 Jul 2023
VIETNEW CORPORATION LIMITED v SHAND [2023] NZHC 1991
- Citation
- [2023] NZHC 1991
- Court
- High Court
The statutory demand issued prior to the Employment Court stay was not an abuse of process because the Authority's determinations created a debt that could validly support a statutory demand; after the stay the parties failed to agree withdrawal/ discontinuance on neutral-costs terms and neither party's conduct justified uplifted or indemnity costs; accordingly costs are to lie where they fall.