26 Jul 2018
WATTS v HAMPTON (A BANKRUPT) [2018] NZHC 1866
- Citation
- [2018] NZHC 1866
- Court
- High Court
Although discharge was appropriate after five years, the Court imposed a four year period of supervised conditions (prohibiting management, directorship and certain employments without Court leave) because the bankrupt's history of tax non‑compliance, failure to cooperate, problematic conduct over trust and property proceeds, and repeated litigation created a real risk to the commercial community and justified restrictions to protect public interest and commercial morality.