20 Nov 2020
McGUIRE v EARL [2020] NZHC 3083
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3083
- Court
- High Court
The court held that the trustees' duty to account and the applicant's status as a close beneficiary outweighed the settlor's wish for confidentiality; the trustees' limited and misleading disclosure concerning a large unexplained 'Estate D McGuire Distributions' entry meant the applicant had established insufficiency of disclosure and summary judgment was appropriate ordering comprehensive disclosure of accounts, minutes, distribution and bank documents subject only to narrowly tailored redactions and safeguards.