Whyte v The a2 Milk Company Ltd - [2023] 2 NZLR 486

Practice and procedure — Trans-Tasman proceedings — Application for stay — Parallel class actions — Application to bring opt-in class representative action in New Zealand — Extant class proceedings in Australia — Appropriate forum — Jurisdiction of Australian court to determine New Zealand claims — Whether Australian court more appropriate court — Similarity of proceedings — Duplication of costs — Potential for conflicting outcomes — Shareholders in Australia and New Zealand claiming misleading and deceptive statements by company forecasting revenue — Breaching disclosure obligations — (VIC) Supreme Court Act 1986 s 33J.