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  • 18 Sept 2015

    HAVENLEIGH GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED v HENDERSON [2015] NZHC 2262

    Citation
    [2015] NZHC 2262
    Court
    High Court

    The Court ruled that the statutory scheme requires an accurate written record and that the Court may direct correction of typographical (and non-substantive grammatical) errors, but a bankrupt may not correct errors of fact in the record because permitting factual corrections would alter the substance of evidence already given, undermine the required spontaneity of answers (s177(4)), and is unnecessary because the bankrupt may add to or clarify evidence during the examination; accordingly corrections are limited to typographical/non-substantive edits directed by the Court.