20 Dec 2019
BARFOOT & ORS v O’MEARA & ORS [2019] NZHC 3470
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 3470
- Court
- High Court
Respondents committed deliberate civil contempt by wilfully disobeying Edwards J's order to produce TEPS documents; their burglary explanation was rejected and contempt was not purged; injunctive restraint on attending the AGM was declined for lacking sufficient nexus to the contempt; community work was rejected as inappropriate or unavailable in this context; appropriate penalty is a fine of NZD 750 each with 90% payable to applicants, and respondents are prohibited from taking further steps in the substantive proceedings concerning directions for the TEPS AGM; costs directions provided.