Safari BBQ Products Limited v Safari Vervaardiging CC

[2022] NZCA 603

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF NEW ZEALAND

I TE KŌTI PĪRA O AOTEAROA

 CA643/2022
 [2022] NZCA 603

BETWEEN	SAFARI BBQ PRODUCTS LIMITED Applicant
AND	SAFARI VERVAARDIGING CC Respondent

Court:	Miller and Brown JJ
Counsel:	Applicant in person J Marcetic for Respondent
Judgment: (On the papers)	5 December 2022 at 11.00 am

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A        The application is declined.

B        No order as to costs.

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REASONS OF THE COURT

(Given by Miller J)

1. Mr Erasmus has applied for leave to represent the applicant.  He is its director.  He explains that he is capable and prefers to use available resources to build inventory rather than pay lawyers.

2. This falls far short of the exceptional circumstances required.[1]

   [1]Re G J Mannix Ltd [1984] 1 NZLR 309 (CA) at 314 per Cooke J and 316–317 per Somers J; and Commissioner of Inland Revenue Chesterfields Preschools Ltd [2013] NZCA 53, [2013] 2 NZLR 679 at [25]–[27] and [34].

3. The application is declined.  No order as to costs.

Solicitors:
Chapman Tripp, Auckland for Respondent