Official Assignee v Attorney-General - [1982] 2 NZLR 746

Bankruptcy and insolvency — Property of bankrupt — Social security benefits — Beneficiary had received unemployment and sickness benefit payments in excess of his entitlement — Beneficiary was adjudged bankrupt — Whether Social Security Commission were entitled to recover the excess payments by a deduction from bankrupt's current benefit payments — Social Security Act 1964, ss 84 and 86 - Insolvency Act 1967, ss 42 and 50.