12 Aug 2014
962149 LIMITED & ANOR v HANSEN & ORS [2014] NZHC 1884
- Citation
- [2014] NZHC 1884
- Court
- High Court
Leave to permit a non-lawyer director to represent the company was refused because the Mannix rule applies; the case is complex with extensive and potentially damaging fraud allegations, the pleadings are prolix and confused, the applicant lacked requisite legal knowledge, and a company's lack of funds is not a sufficient exceptional circumstance to permit lay representation.