Ideas Development Engineering Advisory Service Ltd v Fletcher Development & Construction Ltd - [1985] 1 NZLR 574

Work and labour — Charge on money — Notice of charge — Discretion to remove charge under s 44 - Dispute over funds contractor allegedly owed subcontractor — Subcontractor sought a charge on money payable by employer to contractor and served employer with notice of the charge — Not disputed that contractor was prejudicially affected by the presence of the charge — Whether charge should be cancelled or modified — Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act 1939, s 44.