3 Apr 2019
THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES v BLAKE & RYAN [2019] NZHC 680
- Citation
- (2019) 12 NZCLC 98
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that repeated, deliberate breaches of statutory prohibitions, persistent involvement in company management while disqualified, associated creditor losses and a pattern of evasion and lack of remorse satisfied the 'most serious of cases' threshold for a long-term ban as to David Blake (12 years) and a permanent ban as to Lance Ryan; the requisite public protection and deterrence objectives justified those orders, with periods running from the date of judgment and concurrent with existing automatic bans.