Hetherington Ltd v Carpenter - [1997] 1 NZLR 699

Practice and procedure — Discovery, production and inspection — Discovery before commencement of proceedings — Criteria for making of order — Whether necessity of establishing probability of success at trial of claim for relief a prerequisite — Whether probability of establishing existence of a claim for relief sufficient — Whether "impossible or impracticable" to formulate claim for relief without reference to document sought to be discovered — Whether focus should be on pleading not proof — Whether Court has discretion to make order — High Court Rules, R 299.

Statutes — Interpretation — Discovery before commencement of proceedings — Meaning of "may be entitled" and "impossible or impracticable" in R 299 of High Court Rules — High Court Rules, R 299.