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Janferie Maeve Almond v Bruce James Read and Others, Ethne Glays Read, and Christopher John Read - SC 98/2016

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Summary

Civil Appeal – Whether the Court of Appeal erred in failing to grant the applicant an extension of time to bring her appeal. [2016] NZCA 147   CA730/2015

Result

A The amended application for leave to appeal is granted (Almond v Read [2016] NZCA 147).
B The approved question is whether the Court of Appeal was right to refuse the appellant’s application for an extension of time to appeal.
2 November 2016
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A The appeal is allowed.
B The application for an extension of time to appeal to the Court of Appeal is granted.
C The stay will remain in effect until the determination of the appellant’s appeal in the Court of Appeal.
D The respondents are jointly and severally liable to pay costs of $13,000 to the appellant, plus reasonable disbursements.
30 May 2017

Hearing Transcripts

Related Documents

High Court decision — READ & ORS v ALMOND [2015] NZHC 2797 [11 November 2015]

Court of Appeal decision — ALMOND v READ AND ORS [2016] NZCA 147 [21 April 2016

Leave judgment - leave granted — JANFERIE MAEVE ALMOND v BRUCE JAMES READ [2016] NZSC 145 [2 November 2016 (PDF 116 KB)

Substantive judgment — JANFERIE MAEVE ALMOND v BRUCE JAMES READ [2017] NZSC 80 [30 May 2017] (PDF 237 KB)