IN THE Supreme Court OF New Zealand	
SC 19/2013
[2013] NZSC	

BETWEEN	BFSL 2007 LIMITED & ORS
First Applicants	

AND	BRIDGECORP LIMITED & BRIDGECORP MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED
Second Applicants	

AND	PETER DAVID STEIGRAD
Respondent	

SC 21/2013
[2013] NZSC 32	

AND BETWEEN	ERIC MESERVE HOUGHTON
Applicant	

AND	AIG INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND LIMITED (FORMERLY  CHARTIS INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND LIMITED)
First Respondent	

AND	T E C SAUNDERS, S J MAGILL, J M FEENEY, P THOMAS, C E HORROCKS & P D HUNTER
Second Respondents	

Court:	Chambers and Glazebrook JJ	

Counsel:	M J Tingey and D J Friar for First and Second Applicants in SC 19/2013
B P Keene QC and J Anderson for the Respondent in SC 19/2013
A J Forbes QC and P A B Mills for Applicant in SC 21/2013
M G Ring QC and B J Burt for First Respondent in SC 21/2013
A R Galbraith QC and A E Ferguson for Second Respondent in SC 21/2013	

Judgment:	15 April 2013	

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

A	Leave to appeal is granted.

B	The approved ground is:  

	Did the Court of Appeal interpret s 9 of the Law Reform
	Act 1936 correctly?

Solicitors: 
Bell Gully, Auckland
Chapman Tripp, Auckland
Heaney & Co Auckland
Lowndes Jordan, Auckland
Wilson McKay, Auckland