s. 39 Financial Reporting Act 1993

A number of criminal cases were presided over by Judge Roderick Joyce QC in the Auckland District Court this afternoon. In one case – Ministry of Economic Development v. John Malcolm Carr, barrister Todd Alastair Simmonds (see: http://www.toddsimmonds.co.nz/ ) appeared for his client, American businessman Mr John M Carr (see photo links below) who had been represented at three previous court fixtures by his solicitor Alan Bevan McKay of Checketts McKay Law, Cromwell. John M Carr pleaded guilty through his lawyer to all charges and was convicted on six charges for failing to submit financial statements relating to companies he directed.