Group action against Southern Response gets go ahead

Monday, 30 October 2017

A class action against Canterbury earthquake insurer Southern Response will proceed.

In February 2016, the High Court denied the group's first application for a class action against the Government-owned insurer because it contained several 'deficiencies'.

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However, the group applied again and was given the go-ahead by the High Court in November 2016.

Southern Response launched an appeal to overturn the decision and stop the class action.

But a Court of Appeal judgment released on Monday ruled that in the High Court Justice David Gendall​ was right to grant leave for a representative action.