James Hardie Industries Plc v Karen Louise White and The Persons Listed in Schedule 1
| Judgment Date | 16 April 2019 |
| Neutral Citation | [2019] NZSC 39 |
| Date | 16 April 2019 |
| Court | Supreme Court |
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5 cases
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James Hardie New Zealand Ltd v White
...Hardie Plc v White [2018] NZCA 580, [2019] 2 NZLR 49. Leave to appeal to the Supreme Court declined: James Hardie Industries Plc v White [2019] NZSC 39. 3 High Court Rules 2016, r 8.15 and sch 4 Rule 8.6. 5 Rule 8.7. 6 High Court judgment, above n 1, at [30]. 7 At [30]. 8 At [31]. 9 At [37]......
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Independent Carpets Limited (in Liquidation) v Carpet Call 2000 NZ Limited)
...Homes Ltd (in liq) v Cooper [2018] NZHC 453, (2018) 12 NZCLC 98-059; reversed in part [2019] NZCA 39, [2019] 3 NZLR 57; leave granted [2019] NZSC 39; appeal allowed NZSC 100. [17] Third, both plaintiffs say that, contrary to s 194 of the Act, Mr Waugh failed to ensure that adequate accounti......
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James Hardie New Zealand Ltd v White
...Hardie Plc v White [2018] NZCA 580, [2019] 2 NZLR 49. Leave to appeal to the Supreme Court declined: James Hardie Industries Plc v White [2019] NZSC 39. That affidavit included a list of documents in the format prescribed in the Rules.3 It lists more than 28,000 documents: some 12,000 elect......
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White and The Persons Listed in Schedule 1 v James Hardie New Zealand
...New Zealand [2017] NZHC 2105. James Hardie Industries PLC v White [2018] NZCA 580, [2019] 2 NZLR 49. James Hardie Industries PLC v White [2019] NZSC 39. permit collective discovery, the effect of which is to then require the plaintiffs to embark on a process of identification and attributio......
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1 firm's commentaries
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Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell Plc: UK Supreme Court allows Nigerian citizens' environmental damage claim to proceed against UK parent company
...EWCA Civ 1532. 13 [2020] EWCA Civ 144. 14 James Hardie Industries PLC v White [2018] NZCA 580 and James Hardie Industries Plc v White [2019] NZSC 39. 15 Nevsun Resources Ltd. v Araya & Others, 2020 SCC 5. 16 Milieudefensie & Others v Shell Petroleum NV & Others, [C /09/365498/HA ZA 10-1677]......
2 books & journal articles
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James Hardie and the Development of Parent Company Liability: New Zealand as a Forum for Transnational Human Rights Litigation?
...liability in extractive industries: A new frontier for business and human rights” (2018) 36 C&SLJ 185 at 185. 4 James Hardie Plc v White [2019] NZSC 39, endorsing the decision in James Hardie Plc v White [2018] NZCA 580; and Simpson Grierson “The James Hardie Litigation: A Corporate Governa......
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When is a Subsidiary's Negligence the Parent Company's Problem?
...“Assumption of Responsibility in Corporate Groups: Chandler v Cape plc ” (2013) 76 MLR 603 at 603. 5 James Hardie Industries plc v White [2019] NZSC 39 at [9]. 6 James Hardie Industries , above n 1, at [62]. When is a Subsidiary’s Negligence the Parent Company’s Problem? 163 Sub-Part B argu......