29 Jul 2016
THE FISH MAN LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) v HADFIELD [2016] NZHC 1750
- Citation
- [2016] NZAR 1198
- Court
- High Court
The Fish Man's claim did not survive Mr Hadfield's automatic discharge because the misapplication of company funds to pay mortgage obligations did not amount to fraud or fraudulent breach of trust under s304(2)(a); equitable tracing/constructive trust was unavailable because the company funds were used to discharge debt (mortgage interest/principal) rather than to acquire or materially create the asset, and there was insufficient coordination to justify tracing or backward tracing into equitable interest in the property; accordingly the court dismissed the company's s119 proprietary claim and…