[2021] NZACC 176 - Renton v ACC (5 November 2021) [pdf, 728 KB]
...Westminster Bank PLC12; Joseph Lynx Land Co Limited v Lynch and Johnson v Gore Wood and Co Judge Cadenhead said that the following principles emerge: [i] Cause of action estoppel is narrower in scope from issue estoppel: the latter can arise where a plea of res judicata in the strict sense is not open because the causes of action are not the same. [ii] For there to be cause of action estoppel the cause of action sought to be estopped must be precisely the same as that upon which t...