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Comply with your discovery obligations or face the consequences

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand, USA
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  • June 10 2011

A recent US appeal court decision where a firm was stripped of a positive US$400 million verdict because it had destroyed documents unhelpful to its case provides a useful reminder to New Zealand businesses that their discovery obligations may arise earlier than they think and that they need to have robust systems in place

Directors and officers lose cover for defence costs

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • September 19 2011

A shock ruling this week by the Auckland High Court casts doubt on the extent to which directors can rely on their liability cover to help pay for defence costs in criminal and civil proceedings

The law commission on vexatious litigants

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • July 5 2012

The Law Commission is reviewingthe treatment of vexatious litigants as part of its review of the New Zealand court system and to improve life for the litigiously oppressed

Lessons for Christmas eve injunctions

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • December 21 2012

The obligations on a party seeking urgent interim relief in New Zealand in support of foreign arbitrations has been clarified by the High Court in a

The Supremes' greatest hits

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 22 2013

For those with an appreciation of classic music from the 1960s, the Supremes were the outstanding vocal group on the Tamla Motown label. For those