17 Nov 2016
GRANT AND KHOV v BHANA [2016] NZHC 2755
- Citation
- [2016] NZHC 2755
- Court
- High Court
Respondents were in contempt for deliberate failure to comply with court orders to produce company and trust records; given their culpability, mitigation and conduct, the appropriate penalty was monetary fines (Stephen Bhana $8,000; Jasu Mati Bhana $5,000) rather than imprisonment, with fines to be paid to the registry and distributed half to the liquidators and half to the Crown; costs awarded to the liquidators on a party and party basis with a timetable for filing submissions.