19 Nov 2020
COLEMAN v KNAPP [2020] NZHC 3055
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3055
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that the applicants met the requirements of Articles 15 and 17 because the English bankruptcy proceedings fell within the Act's definition of a foreign proceeding, the applicants were duly appointed foreign representatives and certified supporting documents were provided and presumed authentic under Article 16; the proceedings were not manifestly contrary to New Zealand public policy under Article 6; accordingly both bankruptcies were recognised as foreign main proceedings and relief under Article 21 and provisional relief under Article 19 were granted, with orders made as per…