Mardon v Lennard and Chesham - [1966] NZLR 1064

Estoppel — Promissory estoppel — Circumstances under which arising.

Law practitioners — Costs — Signing of bill of costs — Whether rubber stamp bearing firm name supported by written signature of one partner sufficient — Law Practitioners Act 1955, s. 58 (b).

Law practitioners — Solicitor and client — Action between solicitor and client — Whether client's evidence to be accepted in preference to that of solicitor — Costs not quantified over period exceeding six years — Extent to which such costs becoming statute-barred — Limitation Act 1950, ss. 4, 30.

Practice and procedure — Action set down for hearing — Amended statement of claim filed with leave of Court — Whether defendant must also obtain leave before pleading to such amended statement of claim — Code of Civil Procedure, R. 144.