Smith v Shaw - [2020] 3 NZLR 661

Practice and procedure — Interlocutory application — Whether settlement privilege in open offer should be set aside — Tailored discovery — Requirement that the party had acted unlawfully — Whether aspects of applicant’s affidavit should be struck out — Whether deponent of sworn affidavit should be cross-examined — “Special circumstances” — High Court Rules 2016 r 7.28.