Civil Remedies in New Zealand has established itself as the definitive reference point for practitioners, judges, and law students seeking to find the appropriate remedy for liability in civil law in New Zealand.
This edition is usefully divided into 11 distinct subject areas, including two chapters on damages under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 and taxation of monetary awards. It commences with remedies of compensation, examining contract, tort, equitable damages and damages under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act in turn. It next covers permanent and interim injunctions, freezing and seizing orders and specific performance.
The text then looks at restitutionary and proprietary remedies and the relief which may be granted at the discretion of the court under certain statutes. The later chapters of the text bring together important personal remedies for exemplary and aggravated damages and discuss declaratory relief and remedies given by legislation addressing availability of official information, privacy and human rights. The book also covers remedies of contribution between defendants, as well as questions of limitations on remedies, taxation of monetary awards, and costs.
