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                    [0] => These court bankruptcy files document the management of the estate of a person who could not pay his or her debts. The estate was managed for the benefit of creditors and debtors.
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            [id] => 21896
            [idSort] => 21896
            [name] => New Plymouth bankruptcy files
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                    [custom5] => Ribbon bound legal documents.
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This series of bankruptcy files document the process whereby the estate of a person who was unable to pay his/her debts was managed for the benefit of creditors and debtor. The files contained documentation from the case including applications, reports, affidavits, statement of accounts and other associated legal paperwork. 



Until the mid 1880s, responsibility for managing bankrupt estates rested with creditors, trustees or the Court registrar of the Supreme Court or the District Court (the 19th century form of District Court). The Bankruptcy Act 1883 established government appointed Official Assignees. Thereafter there were two types of bankruptcy records; those created by the Supreme/High Court or District Court, and those created by the Official Assignee. For every Official Assignee file, there was a corresponding Supreme/High Court file with the same number. The matter was instigated in the Supreme/High Court with the filing of a petition (or declaration prior to 1884) and these file numbers were assigned from the High Court registers. Cases not proceeded with, struck out or settled before bankruptcy was adjudged had a High Court file but did not generate an Official Assignee file. A case might be filed in the Court then assigned to a deputy Official Assignee according to the location of the bankrupt. These files were those created by the Supreme/High Court. 
In 2003, the series ended when the Courts moved to a new electronic system (the Case Management System) that registered and controlled all Court files using a single running number.
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                            [name] => Wellington repository
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            [ricClassificationDescription] => Annual Single Number.
            [seriesAccessContacts] => 

	Permission to access restricted records should be sought from the New Plymouth High Court. Please check the Ministry of Justice’s website for the most up to date contact details at:

	https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/utilities/contact/courts
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	Bankruptcy case files are restricted for 60 years from the last date on the file.
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