Associate Judge Hannah Sargisson is reported as saying yesterday, that making prominent businesswoman May Wang bankrupt, while not an easy decision, was correct “in the interests of justice“.  But many may be asking: ‘what exactly does this (quoted) phrase mean and how does it relate to the broader concepts of “truth”, “moral absolutes”, “ethical standards”, “public interest” and “community standards” – given that “justice” is generally perceived to be connected to one of more of these ideas?

To answer this question one must bear in mind that the associate judge said that Ms Wang had not been forthright to creditors or the court and the disclosure of her interests in the UBNZ group, the vehicle through which Hong-Kong listed Natural Dairy had planned to buy the Crafar farms “has been entirely inadequate“. [Emphasis added] [Read more…]