25 Jul 2017
The Court found the two trips to Auckland were necessary for compliance with the Court's request and that petrol costs (not the IRD mileage rate) are the appropriate measure; the appellant must produce receipts for petrol costs or, if receipts cannot be produced, the Court will reasonably halve the claimed mileage and award $204.40 in travel disbursements.
18 Jul 2016
The defendants' documentary disclosure was incomplete and provenance of some invoices was doubtful, but because defendants swore there were no further documents and explained loss of some records, the court declined to order the broad particular discovery sought for invoices and shelving (paragraph 1A(a)); however the court ordered production of financial statements for year ended March 31 2014, GST returns for 2014 and the income tax return for year ended 2014, and awarded costs to the plaintiff on a 2B basis.
25 Feb 2013
There was reasonable cause to believe the respondent could answer questions and produce documents concerning ownership of the two vehicles allegedly purchased with proceeds of crime, and therefore an examination order under s 106 of the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 was justified and must be granted.