8 May 2015
RICHARD ZHAO LAWYERS LTD v FAMILY COURT AT AUCKLAND [2015] NZHC 983
- Citation
- [2015] NZAR 1038
- Court
- High Court
The impugned Family Court decisions were quashed because Mr Zhao and his firm had a material interest in the trust funds (a contractual lien for fees and a solicitor's undertaking) and were not given notice or an opportunity to be heard; the Court also failed to take those relevant matters into account, rendering the 23 December 2014 order and subsequent sealing and contempt‑related fixtures procedurally unlawful; accordingly those decisions were set aside and a substituted payment order was made, with a partial discharge of the undertaking.