Securities Commission v Midavia Rail Investments BVBA - [2005] 3 NZLR 433

Practice and procedure — Commercial List — Whether proceeding eligible for entry on Commercial List — Proceeding brought by Securities Commission alleging insider trading and tipping — Securities Markets Amendment Act 2002, ss 1(2), 3, 4 and 31.

Practice and procedure — Commercial List — Proceeding filed in Wellington registry where no Commercial List — Whether defendant entitled to file statement of defence or protest to jurisdiction in Auckland registry — Whether filing documents in Auckland endorsed “Commercial List” effected transfer to Commercial List — Whether defendant may apply to transfer proceeding from Wellington to Commercial List in Auckland — High Court Rules, RR 446C and 446L.