IE v X Ltd [2024] NZDT 587 (12 August 2024) [pdf, 262 KB]
...by X Ltd, there is no basis for recovering it from X Ltd. (d) IE did not participate in the Family Court proceedings. He attributed his non-attendance to errors in the [Court] process. However, both the High Court and a subsequent Court of Appeal decision confirmed that IE “did have notice of the hearing on 18 February” and that “IE’s fair hearing rights had not been breached”. It is not clear what different outcome might have been achieved had IE attended. However, a...