17 Jun 2020
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v IRWIN [2020] NZHC 1370
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 1370
- Court
- High Court
The Court granted a profit forfeiture order for $793,067.33 under s55; found that Thomas Irwin held an equitable interest in $84,269.73 (life insurance proceeds) held on trust and ordered that amount severed and paid to him under ss66 and 68; found the Commissioner had not proven social welfare fraud to meet s6 threshold; dismissed Priscilla Drummond's s66 application because she unlawfully benefited (wilful blindness) from the respondent's significant drug dealing and therefore was not entitled to relief; vested the remainder in the Crown under control of the Official Assignee.