1 Aug 2018
LAFFERTY (aka) HELLSBY-KNIGHT v OFFICIAL ASSIGNEE [2018] NZHC 1944
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1944
- Court
- High Court
The Official Assignee lawfully exercised his discretionary power under reg 34 to refuse consent under s62(1)(a). The refusals were not an error of law nor procedurally unfair because the statutory application process (reg 33) provided adequate opportunity to present material. Given the appellant's extensive and recent history of dishonesty and the similarity or commercial risk of the proposed activities to prior offending, the Official Assignee was entitled to find an unacceptable risk to the public and to decline consent; the High Court dismissed the appeal.