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S17(4) insolvency act 2006
  • 21 Mar 2022

    SOUTHPAC 2015 LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) v DZIAMSKA [2022] NZHC 530

    Citation
    [2022] NZHC 530
    Court
    High Court

    Given the debtor's New Zealand property, the debt's accrual in New Zealand and the prior New Zealand judgment, the Court found a real and substantial connection and granted retrospective leave under the High Court Rules to serve the bankruptcy notice and related adjudication documents outside New Zealand; substituted service by leaving documents at the property, service on a neighbour and Facebook Messenger was authorised; the period for compliance under s17(4) was set at 10 working days; costs reserved.

    • Substituted service
    • Service outside new zealand
    • Bankruptcy notice
    • Leave to serve
    • High court rules
    • S17(4) insolvency act 2006