New Zealand: Supreme Court considers insolvent transaction provision of the Companies Act 1993

Last Friday the Supreme Court gave judgment in Robt. Jones Holdings Limited v McCullagh [2019] NZSC 86, in what is now the leading authority on
section 292 ("Insolvent transaction voidable") of the Companies Act 1993. The court unanimously rejected the argument that for a transaction to be voidable under section 292 it was necessary, in addition to the requirements within section 292 itself, to prove that the payment diminished the assets of the company. Further information is available in the media release published by the court: see here (pdf).