Examples of the High Court's occasional practice of accommodating a mediation window in the trial timetable. See my August 2022 article in the New Zealand Law Journal for analysis.
Braid Motors Ltd v Scott (2001) 15 PRNZ 508 (HC)
Read MoreThe Court of Appeal holding that, in the absence of some particular compelling circumstance demonstrating the general rule was not appropriate, a mere failure to resort to ADR was not sufficient to lead to an award of adverse costs.
See my August 2022 article in the New Zealand Law Journal for analysis.
Beadle v M & L A Moore Ltd [1998] 3 NZLR 271 (CA)
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