Southern Response Earthquake Services Ltd v Southern Response Unresolved Claims Group - [2018] 2 NZLR 312

Practice and procedure — Representative action — Whether leave should be granted to bring representative action — Provisional assessment of merits of proposed claim — Whether conditions should be imposed on leave — Whether members of group had common interest — Whether appellant would be unfairly prejudiced if leave granted — Litigation funding arrangements — Whether material promoting representative action misleading for some claimants — Whether some claimants worse off if joined action — Whether names and contact details of potential claimants discoverable — Whether breach of privacy would arise — High Court Rules, r 4.24.

Insurance — Property insurance — Unresolved insurance claims arising from Canterbury earthquakes — Whether leave should be granted to bring representative action — Whether insurer would be unfairly prejudiced — Whether names and contact details of potential claimants should be discovered — Whether breach of privacy would arise.