Cassels will re-plead the complex case, which has 50 causes of action.
The High Court has dismissed a clarification request made in a complicated case centred around claims of stolen data and business interference made by NBR Rich Lister Ian Cassels.
The request, aimed to stop what the defendants said would amount to a fishing expedition , was heard by Associate Judge Dale Lester in the Christchurch High Court.
The case involves five plaintiffs – Cassels and four of his businesses, The Wellington Company, CNZ New Zealand, Teltower, and PIRM.
There are also five defendants – Christchurch businessman Wayne Tobeck and his businesses Core Civil Solutions NZ and Morath, and Auckland accountant Simon Rollo and his business
Gas Unlimited was fined $82,500 for breaching gas safety and measurement regulations.
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Gregory John Smith, owner of Christchurch firm Gas Unlimited, during one of his appearances in the Christchurch District Court last year. The company had a public liability policy with QBE Insurance Ltd at the time of the explosion. According to a decision by Associate Judge Dale Lester in the High Court in Christchurch, the estimated cost of the claims arising from the explosion “significantly exceeded” the sum the policy covered. QBE asked the court to set a deadline for when those affected by the explosion could file a claim. That would allow the insurer to distribute the available money pro rata among those who had lodged claims, once the claims had been reviewed and accepted.
Former Gloriavale member John Ready launches civil court action against leadership trust
10 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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John Ready, who was banished from Gloriavale more than three years ago and who still has family members inside the community, has launched a civil claim at the High Court.
John Ready, who was banished from Gloriavale more than three years ago and who still has family members inside the community, has launched a civil claim at the High Court.
A former Gloriavale member who has launched a potentially landmark legal case to try and remove the leadership of the West Coast religious commune has got his first day in court today.
Zindia Limited managing director Jacob Mannothra, pictured at a Marlborough forestry site in 2010.
A forestry company has had a $2.89 million debt set aside by the High Court after failing to harvest on deadline for a contract written on bad advice from the Marlborough District Council. Zindia Limited signed the contract in 2016, to harvest pine trees on Arapaoa Island, previously known as Arapawa Island, between Tory Channel/Kura Te Au and Cook Strait in the Marlborough Sounds. The trees were owned by Arapawa Island Forestry Partnership, which leased the steep, difficult property and planted the trees in 1986. The lease expired on August 31, 2020.