26 Aug 2020
CRIDGE & ORS v STUDORP LTD & ANOR [2020] NZHC [2185]
- Citation
- CRIDGE & ORS v STUDORP LTD & ANOR [2020] NZHC [2185]
- Court
- High Court
The Court excluded the plaintiff expert Hazleden's Decay Risk Model because it constituted new evidence not proper in reply and would unfairly expand the case at an advanced trial stage; by contrast the Court admitted limited reply expansion where it was a direct, self-contained response to points raised by defence experts (Hadley on joint gaps and Wutzler on gutters), while leaving procedural complaints about inspections to affect weight and ordering that defendants be allowed reasonable access to conduct their own analysis.