By Jack Wass (Stout Street Chambers) International civil procedure has broken into the mainstream news cycle with the US District Court ordering disclosure of the identity of former employees of a New Zealand company who posted scathing reviews of the company online. Glassdoor, a company headquartered in California, enables employees to post anonymous reviews of […]

In Body Corporate Number DPS 91535 v 3A Composites GmbH [2022] NZHC 985, the High Court recently concluded that neither the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (CGA) nor the Fair Trading Act 1986 (FTA) applied to a claim against a German manufacturer of cladding products. The defendant, 3A Composites GmbH (3AC), was a German manufacturer of a cladding product installed on the […]