New Zealand Food Group Ltd v Cannell - [1986] 2 NZLR 593

Practice and procedure — Summary judgment — Counterclaim — Onus of proof — Plaintiff sought summary judgment in relation to unpaid accounts for goods supplied — Defendant did not dispute liability to pay for goods supplied, but raised a counterclaim alleging wrongful termination of an agreement giving defendant the sole distribution rights for the plaintiff's product — Whether summary judgment should be entered — High Court Rules, RR 136, 142(2) and 565.