Walker v Forbes - [2015] 3 NZLR 831

Practice and procedure — Champerty — Abuse of process — Whether funding arrangement abuse of process on traditional grounds — Whether damages affected by assignment — Whether assignment amounted to use of court’s process for improper purpose — Whether court’s process used in improper way — Whether funding arrangement in circumstances where assignment to third party not permissible — Whether assignment genuine — “Traditional grounds” — “Collateral advantage” — “Creditor” — Companies Act 1993, ss 248, 253, 254 and 305.