Time Ticket International Ltd v Broughton - [1996] 2 NZLR 176

Company law — Legal proceedings — No solicitor on the record but proceedings issued by director who also practised as a barrister — Whether company entitled to issue proceedings itself — Whether proceedings a nullity or whether absence of solicitor on the record an irregularity — Law Practitioners Act 1982, s 55 — High Court Rules, RR 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45.

Law practitioners — Conduct of proceedings — Proceedings issued by company by barrister who was also a director — Whether company required to employ services of solicitor to issue proceedings — Whether proceedings a nullity or whether absence of solicitor on the record an irregularity — Law Practitioners Act 1982, s 55 — High Court Rules, RR 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45.

Practice and procedure — Costs — Security for costs — Whether reason for belief that plaintiff, if unsuccessful, would be unable to pay defendants' costs — High Court Rules, R 60. $