Savvy Vineyards 4334 Limited and Savvy Vineyards 3552 Limited v Weta Estate Limited and Tirosh Estate Limited - SC 114/2019
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Summary
Result
(a) the effect on the parties’ legal positions of the two earlier judgments, referred to in [4] below, dealing with whether the contract had been terminated; and
(b) the interpretation of cl 2.2 and cl 2.4.
B The application is otherwise dismissed.
12 December 2019
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A The appeal is allowed. The judgment of the Court of Appeal is set aside. The respondents are liable to the appellants on the first and second causes of action in the first amended statement of claim.
B An order directing an inquiry into damages is made in relation to the first cause of action.
C The declaration and the order directing an inquiry into damages made by the High Court in relation to the second cause of action are restored.
D The first and second respondents must pay the first and second appellants one set of costs of $25,000 plus usual disbursements.
E The orders as to costs in the Court of Appeal and the orders as to costs in the High Court as they relate to the High Court’s dismissal of the first cause of action are quashed. Costs should be re-determined in those Courts in light of this judgment.
22 October 2020
Date of Hearing
26 May 2020
Judges
Winkelmann CJ, William Young, Glazebrook, O'Regan and Ellen France JJ
Hearing Transcripts
Related Documents
Substantive judgment — SAVVY VINEYARDS 4334 LIMITED v WETA ESTATE LIMITED [2020] NZSC 115 [22 October 2020] (PDF 177 KB)
High Court decision — SAVVY VINEYARDS 4334 LTD v WETA ESTATE LTD [2018] NZHC 989 [9 May 2018]
Court of Appeal decision — WETA ESTATE v SAVVY VINEYARDS [2019] NZCA 437 [18 September 2019]
Leave judgment - leave granted — SAVVY VINEYARDS 4334 LIMITED v WETA ESTATE LIMITED [2019] NZSC 145 [12 December 2019] (PDF 51 KB)