McInroe v Leeks - [2000] 2 NZLR 721

Practice and procedure — Trial — Application by defendants for trial by Judge alone — Exercise of discretion to order trial before Judge alone — Factors taken into account in balancing exercise — Whether jurisdictional threshold for directing trial before Judge alone made out — Whether trial would involve mainly consideration of difficult questions of law — Whether trial would require investigation into complex scientific or professional matters — Judicature Act 1908, s 19A(5)(a) and (b).