21 Jul 2020
JACOMB v JACOMB [2020] NZHC 1764
- Citation
- (2020) 5 NZTR 30
- Court
- High Court
Disclosure was denied: although plaintiff is a close/final beneficiary entitled to core documents normally, the Court found persuasive evidence that she has ongoing drug‑related and dishonesty associations and has previously misused trust information (including supporting third parties litigating against the trust and accessing stolen trustee emails) such that disclosure would likely be misused and would harm the trust and beneficiaries; the Court also found clause 15 was breached between 30 October 2014 and 22 June 2018 (no independent trustee), but refused to declare all trustee decisions s…