Restrictions OK
Jurisdiction Employment Relations Authority - Auckland
Reference No AA 385B/04
Determination date 09 December 2004
Member L Robinson
Representation T Drake ; C Patterson, C Meechan
Location Auckland
Parties Snaith and Anor v Stone and Associates Ltd
Other Parties Smits
Summary INJUNCTION - Reasons for orders made - Ex parte application for mareva injunction - Sought order restraining respondent from removing from New Zealand any assets including all funds from sale of respondent's assets to third party - Documents filed in contemporaneous District Court proceedings satisfied Authority that applicants had good arguable substantive case - Authority satisfied that there were assets within jurisdiction to which orders sought could attach - Merit in submission that respondent's actions in seeking to transfer assets and business were consistent with purpose of defeating whatever orders Authority made - Arguable that there was real risk that respondent would dissipate or dispose of assets - Consideration of overall justice required - Relevant interests of any third parties had not been put before Authority - Authority determined not to interfere with any sale in progress and declined to make orders as sought - Another form of injunctive order made
Result Orders accordingly ; No order for costs
Cases Cited McAlister v Cayman Holdings Ltd unreported, A Dumbleton, 5 December 2002, AA 352/02;Neilson v Bestline Industries Ltd unreported, Colgan J, 5 February 1998, AEC 6/98;Stowers v Auto Point Ltd unreported, J Wilson, 29 July 2003, AA 232/03
Number of Pages 4
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