Court/Proceeding Location (Court) Details

Court/Proceeding
Location
(Court)
Details
Report on Enquiry into the
Voting Securities of Air New
Zealand Limited. October 1991
Securities
Airline consortium arrangements on
Commission government’s sale of Air NZ shares to
BIL, and adequacy of disclosures
Amoco Minerals (1982) 8
NZTPA 449
PT
Gold Prospecting – Coromandel.
Environmental effects, potential for
mining.
Amoco Minerals (NZ) Ltd v
Hauraki Regional Water Board
(1982) 8 NZTPA 344
PT
Scope of conditions on drilling water
rights.
Ararimu Holdings Ltd (in stat
man) v Equiticorp Financial
Services Ltd [1991] MCLR 464
CA
Intercompany loans – book entries
within group companies.
Arcadia Homes Ltd v More to
This Life Ltd and Clark [2013]
NZCA 286, [2013] NZSC 117
CA, SC
Clause conditional on subsequent
directors approval – sole director,
condition subsequent
Attorney General ex rel
McHardy v Waitemata City
Corporation [1977] 1 NZLR 680
SC
Injunction – Council felling trees in
breach of operative District Scheme,
purporting to give self consent,
recission of injunction
Auckland Farmers Freezing Cooperative Ltd v Auckland &
Tomoana Freezing Works etc.
IUOW (1990) 3 NZELC 98,090
CA
Lockout or strike and obligation to pay
arrears of wages
Auckland Shop Employees
Union v Woolworths (NZ) [1985]
2 NZLR 372
CA
Employment – theft allegation,
resignation as constructive dismissal
Re Bank of New Zealand Ltd;
Kincaid v Capital Market
Equities Ltd [1994] 3 NZLR 738
HC
Insider trading – admissibility of
Commission’s report
Re Bank of New Zealand (No.
2); Kincaid v Capital Market
Equities Ltd (1995) 7 NZCLC
260,718
HC
Leave to bring insider trading
proceeding in BNZ’s name
Report of an Enquiry into
Certain Arrangements Entered
Into by the Bank of New
Zealand In March 1988. 24
May 1993
Securities
‘Captive insurance’, treatment in banks
Commission accounts, accounting standards, ‘true
and fair view’
Application by BHP Minerals
(New Zealand) (1986) 11
PT
Gold prospecting – protection of
landowners’ rights
Court/Proceeding
Location
(Court)
Details
Big River Paradise Ltd v
Congreve [2008] 2 NZLR 402
CA
Whether leaseholds were a
‘subdivision’ in breach of a covenant
Big River Paradise Ltd v
Congreve SC21/08 [2008]
NZSC 51
SC
Principles of leave – leaseholds were a
‘subdivision’ in breach of restrictive
covenant
Carter v Ports of Auckland Ltd
[2004] 3 NZLR 262
HC and CA
Admiralty – sale of abandoned ship –
rights of Harbour Master
Carter Holt Harvey Forests Ltd
v Attorney-General [1999] 1
NZLR 70
HC
Arbitration appeal award not correct,
affected rights of parties, precedent
value
CBA Finance Holdings v
Hawkins (1984) 1 BCR 599 and
609
HC
Fiduciary duty, injunction to stop setting
up competing company (Equiticorp)
Cegami Investments Ltd v AMP
Financial Corporation (NZ) Ltd
[1990] 2 NZLR 308
CA
Underwriting contract - negligence,
breach of fiduciary duty, contract claim
Inquiry re trading in shares of
Ceramco Corporation Ltd from
1994 until late 1995
Securities
Whether directors selling shares had
Commission inside information. Report avoided.
Chase Corporation Ltd v Rank
Overseas Holdings Ltd (1988) 1
PRNZ 426
HC
Civil procedure – costs on
discontinuance – principles
Commercial Bills Ltd (In
Liquidation) v Molyneux (1979)
1 BCR 236
CA
Charging orders – whether order nisi
inequitable, order absolute
Diagnostic Medlab Ltd v
Auckland DHBs and Lab Tests
SC 80/2008 [2009] NZSC 10
SC
Criteria for leave to appeal. Whether
any arguable question remained. Basis
to decline leave.
Discount Brands Ltd v
Northcote Mainstreet Inc. [2004]
3 NZLR 619
CA
Judicial review of RMA non-notification
decision. Whether review standard
varies with subject matter
Environmental Defence Society
Inc. v Mangonui County Council
[1989] 3 NZLR 257
CA
Proposed tourist resort; Maori ancestral
land issues; matters of national
importance; coastal protection
Equiticorp Financial Services
Ltd v Ararimu Holdings Ltd
HC
Liquidation, security for costs
NZTPA 336
Court/Proceeding
Location
(Court)
Details
CA
Judicial review, whether CIR’s evidence
be given in public (Winebox)
(1990) 5 NZCLC 66,542
Fay, Richwhite & Co Ltd v
Davison [1995] 1 NZLR 517
Fletcher Challenge Energy Ltd v HC
ECNZ Ltd [2001] 2 NZLR 219
Heads of Agreement – Maui gas –
whether agreement complete and
enforceable
Fletcher Challenge Energy Ltd v CA, PC
ECNZ Ltd [2002] 2 NZLR 433;
PC 32 [2002]
Heads of agreement – Maui gas –
whether agreement complete and
enforceable
Food-Tech Ingredients Ltd v
HC
APV-Bell Bryant (NZ) Ltd (1989)
3 PRNZ 222
Procedure, late payment into court –
prejudice
Gibbons Holdings Limited v
Wholesale Distributors Limited
[2008] 1 NZLR 277
SC
Lease – whether lessor’s covenants
bound assignee
Report on Enquiry – Dealings in
Securities of Gulf Resources
Pacific Ltd (formerly City
Realties Ltd) June 1992
Securities
Inquiry whether any insider trading or
Commission tipping in shares in City Realties by
overseas entities, whether any profit
made
Hallam v Ryan (1989) 3 PRNZ
132
HC
Joinder, representative action, specific
performance
Hallam v Ryan (1990) 5 NZCLC
66,123
HC
Share sale, put option, fiduciary duty
Re An Application by
Homestake NZ Exploration Ltd
(1983) 9 NZTPA 260
PT
Gold prospecting. Social effects of
possible later mining. Whether relevant
at prospecting stage.
Isaac Naylor & Sons Ltd v New
Zealand Co-operative Wool
Marketing Association Ltd
[1981] 1 NZLR 361
CA
Contract. Delay in delivery caused
exchange losses, whether recoverable
Joseph Lucas (New Zealand)
Ltd v Auckland Deputy Medical
Officer of Health (1976) 6
NZTPA 106
SC
Air pollution appeal – case stated on
application of Clean Air Act, whether
separate offences
Court/Proceeding
Location
(Court)
Details
Kiwifruit Marketing Report 1995:
(Wai 449) Waitangi Tribunal
Report: 11 WTR
Waitangi
Tribunal
Export of kiwifruit whether taonga in
modern export; treaty principles
Lab Tests v Auckland DHBs CA
154/07 [2008] NZCA 385
CA
Judicial review principles – conflict of
interests – DHB’s duty to consult
Report of the Securities
Commission on Aspects of a
Proposal for a Merger of Lion
Corporation Limited and L.D.
Nathan & Co. Limited. 2 March
1988
Securities
Inquiry into interests of various parties
Commission in Nathan shares, question of unequal
treatment of identical shares in merger
proposal
Mafart v Television New
Zealand Ltd [2006] 3 NZLR 534
CA
Access to Court files. Jurisdiction of
CA
Mafart v Television New
Zealand Ltd [2006] 3 NZLR 18
SC
Access to Court files. Civil/ criminal
divide
Molyneux v Cramp [1980] 1
NZLR 719
CA
Enforcement of judgment – charging
order over funds in trust account.
MTM Funds Management Ltd v
Force Holdings Ltd (2000) 14
PRNZ 657
CA
Civil procedure, construction contract
(IMAX Centre)
Northern Industrial District etc
Storepersons etc IUW v Nathan
Distribution Centres Ltd (1986)
1 NZELC 95,139
Arb Ct
Employment – dismissal for alleged
crimes. Personal grievance
Northern Industrial District etc
Storepersons etc IUW v Nathan
Distribution Centre Ltd (1987) 1
NZELC 95,479
Arb Ct
Employment – Dismissal for theft.
Personal grievance.
Northcote Mainstreet Inc v
North Shore City Council (2004)
10 ELRNZ 146
HC
Judicial review – non-notification under
RMA – right to be heard
Progressive Enterprises Ltd v
North Shore City Council
[2006] 2 NZLR 262
HC
Media campaign pending appeal on
planning consent. Whether contempt of
Court.
R v Burton [1982] 1 NZLR 602
CA
Sentencing – wilful damage – 1981
Springbok tour protest
Court/Proceeding
Location
(Court)
Details
Registered Securities Ltd (in
liquidation)v Jensen Davies &
Co Ltd (1998) 12 PRNZ 109
HC
Civil procedure. Wrong defendant
named. Ability to amend outside
limitation period
Registered Securities Ltd (in
liquidation) v Jensen Davies &
Co Ltd [1999] 2 NZLR 686
CA
Civil procedure. Wrong defendant
named. Ability to amend outside
limitation period
Rotoaira Forest Trust v
Attorney-General [1999] 2
NZLR 452
HC
Forestry, arbitration appeal. Whether
breach of natural justice in using new
model
Ryan v Hallam [1990] 3 NZLR
184
CA
Put option in share sale contract.
Breach of fiduciary duty
Re Securitibank Ltd [1980] 2
NZLR 714
HC
Liquidation. Whether secured creditor
entitled to interest
Securities Commission v Gulf
Resources and Chemical
Corporation (1990) 5 NZCLC
66,324
HC
Securities, application for forfeiture of
shares for non-disclosure
Snorkel Elevating Work
Platforms Ltd v Thompson
[2007] NZAR 504
HC
Civil procedure – privilege
South British Guardian Trust Co
Ltd v Goodman [1984] 2 NZLR
444
CA
Liquidation – Securitibank. Rate of
interest payable to secured creditors.
Spectrum Resources Ltd v
Minister of Conservation [1989]
3 NZLR 351
HC
Judicial review of Minister’s revocation
of mining consent
Sunflower Services Ltd v Unisys PC
New Zealand Ltd [1997] 1
NZLR 385
Lease interpretation, obligation to
conduct rent review, express waiver.
Re Swanson (deceased) [1978]
2 NZLR 469
CA
Family Protection – quantum of award
Television New Zealand Ltd v
Mafart (2005) 21 CRNZ 855
HC
Access to Court files
Transpower New Zealand Ltd v
Todd Energy Ltd [2007] NZSC
106
SC
Commerce Act – procedure – national
importance
Court/Proceeding
Location
(Court)
Details
Trinity Foundation (Services No. HC
1 Ltd v Downey (2005) 9
NZCLC 263, 917 (and CA
hearing)
Company liquidation – disclaimer of
onerous contracts, claims as creditors
Trustees of Rotoaira Forest
Trust v Attorney-General [1998]
3 NZLR 89
HC
Forestry, arbitration appeal. Admission
of further expert evidence whether error
of law
Westpark Marina Ltd v
Auckland Regional Water Board
(1989) 5 CRNZ 18
HC
Procedure in appeals – onus and order
of argument

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