4 Apr 2012
PETTERSON V GOTHARD AND EAGLE HC AK CIV 2011-404-7069
- Citation
- openlaw-ba95a1ac_8063_4a42_bd0b_7e74a830e776.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The court held the emailed notice of failure was validly served because the Ferrier Hodgson email system was a designated information system (Electronic Transactions Act s11 and Model Law principles). The liquidator properly relied on s261(1) to request company books and records; the requested documents were company records (s194) and not solely receivers' working papers. The receivers failed to comply with the s261(1) notice. Section 262 permits receivers to retain documents necessary for the receivership but requires the liquidator to pay reasonable expenses for copies; the court ordered pr…