24 Jun 2015
SKELTON v BIRD [2015] NZHC 1434
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 1434
- Court
- High Court
The transfer application was properly dismissed as filed materially late given statutory and rule time limits and the proceedings had been pending for over four years with a hearing imminent; refusal to adjourn or stay was justified because there was no proper basis for delay, the respondent was entitled to timely adjudication, and the appellant's failure to attend and prosecute his case meant relief would not have been granted even if he had been given further opportunity; procedural infirmities did not warrant interference because the substantive outcome was inevitable.