7 Aug 2020
WARD v OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE [2020] NZHC 1991
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1991
- Court
- High Court
Annulment under s 309(1)(a) requires that, on the facts as they existed at adjudication, the bankrupt should not have been adjudicated; applicant failed to show any legal defect or that he should not have been adjudicated given insolvency, creditors and potential liabilities at that time, and delay and finality further preclude retrospective annulment; application dismissed.