Smith v Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd - [2024] 1 NZLR 134

Practice and procedure — Striking out — Principles — Whether and when appropriate — Position of other causes of action when one cause of action can go to trial — High Court Rules 2016 r 15.1(1)(a).

Tort — Public nuisance — Principles — Special damage rule — Whether independent illegality required.

Tort — Climate change — Relationship between statutes and possible tort claims — Preservation of common law claims in the Resource Management Act 1991 — Whether the Climate Change Response Act 2002 covers the whole field — Resource Management Act 1991 s 23.

Tikanga Māori — Tortious nuisance — Whether traditional ownership sufficient to base nuisance claim — Whether tikanga principles can inform the formulation of tort claims — Whether tikanga relevant.