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New Zealand Case Law

Notice of suspension of payments
  • 11 May 2010

    BANK OF NEW ZEALAND V W J LIDDLE HC AK CIV-2010-404-001988

    Citation
    openlaw-c8a9fcb0_944c_4cf6_a374_2123dd44f7b3.pdf
    Court
    High Court

    The debtor's proposal, while an admission of insolvency, did not amount to a notification that he had suspended or was about to suspend payment of his debts under s22; the necessary clear intimation of suspension (per Cotton LJ) was absent, so the creditor failed to prove an act of bankruptcy and the application was dismissed.

    • Act of bankruptcy
    • Notice of suspension of payments
    • Proposal to creditors
    • Statutory interpretation of s22 and s23