BFSL 2007 Limited and others v Peter David Steigrad, Eric Meserve Houghton v AIG Insurance New Zealand Limited and others

[2013] NZSC 32

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

SC 19/2013
[2013] NZSC

BETWEEN  BFSL 2007 LIMITED & ORS
First Applicants

AND  BRIDGECORP LIMITED & BRIDGECORP MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Second Applicants

AND  PETER DAVID STEIGRAD
Respondent

SC 21/2013
[2013] NZSC 32

AND BETWEEN             ERIC MESERVE HOUGHTON
Applicant

AND  AIG INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND LIMITED (FORMERLY  CHARTIS INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND LIMITED)
First Respondent

AND  T E C SAUNDERS, S J MAGILL, J M FEENEY, P THOMAS, C E HORROCKS & P D HUNTER
Second Respondents

Court:             Chambers and Glazebrook JJ

Counsel:         M J Tingey and D J Friar for First and Second Applicants in SC 19/2013
B P Keene QC and J Anderson for the Respondent in SC 19/2013
A J Forbes QC and P A B Mills for Applicant in SC 21/2013
M G Ring QC and B J Burt for First Respondent in SC 21/2013
A R Galbraith QC and A E Ferguson for Second Respondent in SC 21/2013

Judgment:      15 April 2013

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A      Leave to appeal is granted.

B      The approved ground is:  

Did the Court of Appeal interpret s 9 of the Law Reform
         Act 1936 correctly?

Solicitors:
Bell Gully, Auckland
Chapman Tripp, Auckland
Heaney & Co Auckland
Lowndes Jordan, Auckland
Wilson McKay, Auckland