Laura Fergusson Trust must explain why it declined 79 membership applicants, court rules

Laura Fergusson Trust must explain why it declined 79 membership applicants, court rules
The now-closed rehabilitation centre in Greenlane. (Image: Laura Fergusson Trust)
Greg Hurrell
The board of the Laura Fergusson Trust will have to explain why it declined 79 applications to join the trust, the high court at Auckland has ruled. The trust is being sued by the Friends of the Laura Fergusson Trust and others after an Auckland disabled rehabilitation centre was closed in 2020 and later sold. Opponents of the centre’s closure accuse the Laura Fergusson Trust board of acting in bad faith by declining applications to the trust.In an earlier ruling dismissing an application to stay proceedings, Justice Anne Hinton...

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