Otago Station Estates Ltd v Parker - [2005] 2 NZLR 734

Practice and procedure — Appeals to Supreme Court — Leave to argue new point — Point conceded in Courts below — New evidence required — Whether leave to be granted — Supreme Court Act 2003, s 26.

Contract — Payment — Refusal to accept personal cheque — Meaning of payment — Whether vendor entitled to refuse to accept personal cheque.

Sale of land — Deposit — Payment by personal cheque after initial default — Whether vendor entitled to refuse personal cheque — Whether custom existed that personal cheques would be accepted — Observation as to auctions and sales out of banking hours.