Laughland v Stevenson - [1995] 2 NZLR 474

Equity — Estoppel — Arbitral award between plaintiffs and defendant's private company — Whether the parties to the litigation had such mutuality of interest with the parties to the arbitration that they were bound by the award — Whether there was sufficient identity of issues between the litigation and the award that the parties were bound by the award — Whether issue estoppel arose.

Practice and procedure — Preliminary question of law — Arbitral award between plaintiffs and defendant's private company — Whether the parties to the litigation had such mutuality of interest with the parties to the arbitration that they were bound by the award — Whether there was sufficient identity of issues between the litigation and the award that the parties were bound by the award — Whether issue estoppel arose.