International Ore & Fertilizer Corporation v East Coast Fertiliser Co Ltd - [1987] 1 NZLR 9

Practice and procedure — Bill writ — Summary judgment — Claim upon a bill of exchange — Principles upon which leave to defend may be granted — Purchaser rejected contaminated cargo and cancelled bill of exchange alleging total failure of consideration — Whether purchase should be granted leave to defend vendor's bill writ — Observations on approach to summary judgment applications in actions on bills of exchange — High Court Rules, R 136 — Code of Civil Procedure, R 495.

Bills of exchange, promissory notes and other negotiable instruments — Whether fundamental principles of English law governing bills of exchange are applicable in New Zealand.