Court of Appeal Wellington
CA723/2023
19 June; 2 August 2024
Cooke, Venning and van Bohemen JJ
CA723/2023
19 June; 2 August 2024
Cooke, Venning and van Bohemen JJ
Practice and procedure — Protest to jurisdiction — Application to set aside appearance under protest — Liquidation — Liquidators seeking compliance with notices to produce books and records — Service on overseas financers — Presumption of interpretation — Whether legislation having extraterritorial effect against person not director of New Zealand company — Purpose of legislation — Whether sufficiently substantial connection with activities of a company in New Zealand — Effective and efficient administration of New Zealand liquidations — High Court Rules 2016 r 6.28.
Company law — Liquidation — Compliance with liquidators’ notices to produce books and records — Service out of jurisdiction — Appearance under protest — Application to set aside appearance under protest — Whether legislation having express extraterritorial effect against person not director of New Zealand company — Purpose of legislation — Whether sufficiently substantial connection with activities of a company in New Zealand — Effective and efficient administration of New Zealand liquidations — High Court Rules 2016 r 6.28.