Show Notes
The New Zealand High Court has recently held that a civil claim for damages under the Fair Trading Act 1986 ("FTA") is not capable of being assigned: Swindle v Withers [2014] NZHC 578 (Associate Judge Doogue, 26 March 2014).
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