Jane Chapman Siemer v Kate Fardell as executrix of the estate of John  Robert Fortesque Fardell - SC 7/2011

Civil – Pre-trial security for costs – Appeal against a Court of Appeal decision refusing to dispense with security for costs in an appeal before that Court – Whether the procedure adopted by the Court lacked procedural fairness – Whether the Court properly exercised discretion – Whether the Court’s ruling wrong on the merits – Section 27 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 – Whether right to justice at trial court level violated.   [2010] NZCA 586  CA 450/2010   3 December  2010