: | The Press | Joanne Naish | The conservative West Coast Christian community has had a bad year. It was slated, among others, in the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care’s final report; yet more of its members appeared in court on sexual, physical assault and fraud charges; and this…
: | Buddle Findlay | Bridie McKinnon, Jacey McGrath | In its recent decision of Bank of New Zealand v The Christian Church Community Trust & Ors, the Court of Appeal has clarified the New Zealand position on whether standards of reasonableness will apply to decisions made in the exercise of a contracting…
: | Interest.Co | Sarah Salmond & Alex Church | What happened? The Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in Bank of New Zealand v The Christian Church Community Trust & Ors [2024] NZCA 645 (BNZ v Gloriavale) clarifies and aligns the legal framework governing the termination of banking relationships in New Zealand, which is commonly…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A 20-year-old man who grew up in the Gloriavale community has died in a suspected suicide. It is the third such death of a young man from the Gloriavale Christian Community since 2018. The man, who had left the community, died at the Paroa Hotel…
: | NZ Herald | A teenager who grew up inside Gloriavale Christian Community has died in a suspected suicide at a West Coast hotel. The 18-year-old man who had left the community was found dead at Greymouth’s Paroa Hotel at 2.30pm on Sunday. A police spokesperson said the sudden death was not being treated as…
: | NZ Herald | Jenée Tibshraeny | Gloriavale is adamant it will continue to operate, even if BNZ closes its accounts. “It will not be the end of the community,” Phil Jamieson, the chief executive of the trust behind the exclusive religious community, told the Herald. The Court of Appeal on…
: | Gloriavale Leavers’ Support Trust | Gloriavale lost its bid to keep its bank accounts open with BNZ. They have fought this issue in the courts for two years after BNZ indicated it wanted to shut their accounts after a 2022 Employment Court ruling found Gloriavale had been involved in…
: | Lexology | Simpson Grierson | Banks with unwelcome customers will take heart from the recent decision of the Court of Appeal on the debanking of Gloriavale and its related entities. The decision encouraged a literal interpretation of bank terms and conditions which allowed a bank to exit a customer…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A 12-year-old boy has experienced significant hearing loss and “inescapable” ringing in his ears since he was hit in the head with a grubber 10 years ago while working at a Gloriavale dairy farm, a court has heard. Gloriavale man Moses Benjamin was…
: | The Press | Joanne Naish | A Gloriavale honey company and its director accused of forging documents to illegally export New Zealand honey to Vietnam have had all their charges dropped after the business went into liquidation. West Coast honey producer Forest Gold Honey, owned by Christian Partners Nominee…