Tamworth Industries Ltd v Attorney-General - [1988] 1 NZLR 296

Practice and procedure — Pleadings — Statement of defence — Company which was occupier of land claimed to recover from Crown money found on land — Crown alleged money was proceeds of cannabis sales — Principal shareholder and sole director of company had been acquitted on charges of supplying cannabis and of possessing it for supply — Whether defence pleading was attempt to relitigate guilt and was abuse of process — Whether pleading that fortuitous finder could not claim tainted money was arguable — Whether pleadings should be struck out.