Meates v Taylor - [1992] 2 NZLR 36

Practice and procedure — Appeals to Court of Appeal — Extension of time — High Court refusal to extend — Whether Court of Appeal could grant leave to extend time — Whether pleas of estoppel and abuse of process required pretrial resolution — Judicature Act 1908, s 24G(2).

Equity — Estoppel — Issue estoppel — Abuse of process — Fresh evidence discovered subsequent to judgment — Observations as to introduction of such evidence in subsequent proceedings — Observations as to whether plea of abuse of process could be raised against parties not parties to previous proceedings — High Court Rules, R 418.