3 Dec 2020
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH LIMITED v SHALLARD[2020] NZHC 3148
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 3148
- Court
- High Court
NIWA was entitled to adjudication because it established the jurisdictional facts and the public interest in having the Shallards' complex, trust‑based affairs investigated by the Official Assignee outweighed the Shallards' arguments that adjudication would be futile or premature; the Court declined to exercise its discretion to refuse adjudication or to halt proceedings and made orders adjudicating both Bruce Dillon Shallard and Jocelyn Mary Shallard bankrupt, subject to payment by 4.00 pm 16 December 2020.