Papps v Mahon and Others - [1966] NZLR 288

Practice and procedure — Pleadings — Amendment of statement of claim after action set down for trial — Principles applicable to consideration of application for leave to amend — "Cause of action" — Meaning — "Alternative cause of action" — Meaning as contrasted with entirely new cause of action — Code of Civil Procedure, RR. 144, 270, 271 — Supreme Court Amendment Rules 1963 (S.R. 1963/169), R. 5 (1).