Apple Fields Limited - Justin Prain and Mark Schroeder

The Court of Appeal issued a decision allowing the appeal and quashing the orders made in the District Court

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The High Court issued a decision dismissing the directors’ appeal.

Download High Court decision PDF

The appeal hearing was held in the Christchurch High Court.  The Judge’s decision has been reserved.

The directors filed an appeal against both the substantive decision and the sentence.  The appeal will be heard in the Christchurch High Court on 29 September 2015.

The directors were fined $30,000 each at the Christchurch District Court for failing to deliver financial statements to the Registrar of Companies for the years ending 2011, 2012 and 2013. Related media release: Apple Fields directors fined on non-filing charges.

The Judge issued a decision in the Christchurch District Court and found that the directors had breached the Financial Reporting Act. Sentencing will take place on 25 May 2015.

Download the court reserved judgment PDF.

A hearing date has been allocated for this matter in the Christchurch District Court on 20 November 2014.

Messrs Prain and Schroder appeared in the Christchurch District Court on 12 June 2014 and each pleaded not guilty to all charges. The matter has been allocated a Case Review Hearing on 24 July 2014. Related media release: Consequences for failing to comply with financial statement filing obligations.