Win for Bolton on MIQ home isolation challenge

Win for Bolton on MIQ home isolation challenge
Xplor Technologies director Murray Bolton. (Photo: Getty)
Michael Andrew
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has been instructed to reconsider businessman Murray Bolton's rejected application to isolate at home following a planned trip to the US for a pre-listing board meeting.At a judicial review on Wednesday, Bolton’s lawyers argued MBIE’s decision to reject his home isolation request did not factor in the economic factors of his trip, his age of 73, nor the measures he was taking to protect himself from covid-19.In his application, Bolton – who is fully vaccinated &nda...

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