McEvoy v Dallison - [1997] 3 NZLR 11

Practice and procedure — Time — High Court Rules — Continuance of proceeding after delay of more than one year since last step taken — Meaning of “proper issue to be tried” — Whether apposite test directed at furthering function of case management or whether wider discretion encompassed — High Court Rules, RR 426A, 477 and 478.