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Otago Daily Times
07-05-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Businessman banned from being a company director for life
A Christchurch based-businessman and illegal tyre dumper has been banned from being a company director for life. The High Court order is the result of Michael Le Roy's repeated breaches of restrictions imposed on him while bankrupt, causing tens of thousands of dollars in financial losses and damage to an Amberley property where he stockpiled used tyres. The order permanently prohibited him from being a director or promoter of, or in any way directly or indirectly, taking part in the management of a company under the Companies Act 1993. Le Roy was sentenced to three years jail in 2022 for forging documents, misleading the Official Assignee, unpaid tax deductions for three separate companies of nearly $60,000 and taking part in managing companies while bankrupt. He was declared bankrupt in 2010 after his waste disposal business went into liquidation, leading him to abandon 500 tonnes of rubbish on a lifestyle block that he was leasing, leaving the landowner with a $45,000 removal bill. Le Roy was declared bankrupt for a second time in 2018, but continued to manage companies and later faced charges filed by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Inland Revenue Commissioner. He did not comply with a Canterbury Regional Council order to remove tyres from the Amberley property, with removal costs estimated to be around $500,000. He later leased a warehouse and owed around $65,000 in lease arrears, along with a $134,000 tyre removal bill for the owner when he was evicted. At his sentencing in 2022, Christchurch District Court judge Raoul Neave noted the significant losses that resulted from his offending. "Considerable havoc has been left in your wake," he said. "You ignored warnings both from MBIE and the Inland Revenue. You of course have the previous history of bankruptcy, so you knew what your obligations were, and you knew you were flagrantly in breach of those obligations." MBIE business registries investigations and compliance team manager Vanessa Cook said Le Roy was one of handful of people that had been banned for life from directing a business. "There is good reason for Mr Le Roy to be permanently prohibited from being involved in managing any company under section 383 of the Companies Act based on his previous convictions and the serious risk of financial harm to the public should he be allowed to carry on business activities in the future," she said. "Mr Le Roy's conduct to date is amongst the most serious of cases of this type."
RNZ News
07-05-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Christchurch businessman Michael Le Roy banned from being a company director for life
Michael Le Roy was ordered to remove stockpiled tyres from an Amberely proper in 2018 by Environment Canterbury. Photo: Supplied/Hurunui District Council A Christchurch based-businessman and illegal tyre dumper has been banned from being a company director for life. The High Court order is the result of Michael Le Roy's repeated breaches of restrictions imposed on him while bankrupt, causing tens of thousands of dollars in financial losses and damage to an Amberley property where he stockpiled used tyres. The order permanently prohibited him from being a director or promoter of, or in any way directly or indirectly, taking part in the management of a company under the Companies Act 1993. Le Roy was sentenced to three years jail in 2022 for forging documents, misleading the Official Assignee, unpaid tax deductions for three separate companies of nearly $60,000 and taking part in managing companies while bankrupt. He was declared bankrupt in 2010 after his waste disposal business went into liquidation, leading him to abandon 500 tonnes of rubbish on a lifestyle block that he was leasing, leaving the landowner with a $45,000 removal bill. Le Roy was declared bankrupt for a second time in 2018, but continued to manage companies and later faced charges filed by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Inland Revenue Commissioner. He did not comply with a Canterbury Regional Council order to remove tyres from the Amberley property, with removal costs estimated to be around $500,000. He later leased a warehouse and owed around $65,000 in lease arrears, along with a $134,000 tyre removal bill for the owner when he was evicted. At his sentencing in 2022, Christchurch District Court judge Raoul Neave noted the significant losses that resulted from his offending. "Considerable havoc has been left in your wake," he said. "You ignored warnings both from MBIE and the Inland Revenue. You of course have the previous history of bankruptcy, so you knew what your obligations were, and you knew you were flagrantly in breach of those obligations." MBIE business registries investigations and compliance team manager Vanessa Cook said Le Roy was one of handful of people that had been banned for life from directing a business. "There is good reason for Mr Le Roy to be permanently prohibited from being involved in managing any company under section 383 of the Companies Act based on his previous convictions and the serious risk of financial harm to the public should he be allowed to carry on business activities in the future," she said. "Mr Le Roy's conduct to date is amongst the most serious of cases of this type." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
1News
07-05-2025
- Business
- 1News
Chch man banned from being a company director for life
A Christchurch man has been banned from running a business for life after breaching restrictions imposed on him while bankrupt. In 2010, Michael Le Roy was first adjudicated bankrupt after his waste disposal business went into liquidation. According to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Le Roy then abandoned 500 tonnes of rubbish on a lifestyle block he was leasing – which cost the landowner $45,000 to remove. Le Roy was adjudicated bankrupt for a second time in 2018, but continued to manage companies. He was later subject to charges filed by MBIE and the Inland Revenue Commissioner in 2020. In 2022, Le Roy was sentenced to three years imprisonment for forging documents, misleading an official signee, unpaid tax deductions for three separate companies of nearly $60,000, and taking part in the management of companies while bankrupt – which MBIE said was at least the second time he had done so. On April 29, 2025, the Christchurch High Court ordered Le Roy be permanently prohibited from being a director or promoter of, or in any way directly or indirectly, taking part in the management of a company under the Companies Act 1993. MBIE business registries investigations and compliance team manager Vanessa Cook said Le Roy is one of a handful of serious offenders who have been banned for life from being a director of a business. 'There is good reason for Mr Le Roy to be permanently prohibited from being involved in managing any company under section 383 of the Companies Act based on his previous convictions and the serious risk of financial harm to the public should he be allowed to carry on business activities in the future,' Cook said. 'Mr Le Roy's conduct to date is amongst the most serious of cases of this type.' At the sentencing, Judge R. E Neave noted the significant amount of loss which resulted from Le Roy's offending. 'Considerable havoc has been left in your wake,' Judge Neave said. 'You ignored warnings both from MBIE and the Inland Revenue. You of course have the previous history of bankruptcy, so you knew what your obligations were, and you knew you were flagrantly in breach of those obligations.' In a statement, MBIE said the prohibitions in the Companies Act 1993, are imposed to protect the public from individuals who have been unscrupulous, incompetent, or irresponsible in how they have carried on business.
Axios
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Axios
What to know about birthright citizenship as it heads to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court said on Thursday that it will hear arguments next month over President Trump's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship. Why it matters: Trump's bid to end the constitutionally guaranteed right for some is the centerpiece of his administration's sweeping immigration crackdown, in which he's already defied the Supreme Court. State of play: The nation's highest court said it would hear oral arguments over the case on May 15. Here's what to know: What is birthright citizenship? Birthright citizenship, as outlined by the Constitution's 14th Amendment, automatically confers citizenship to people born on U.S. soil – regardless of their parents' citizenship status. There are two types in the U.S.: jus sanguinis, ancestry-based citizenship, and jus soli, birthplace-based citizenship. In the former, which means "right of blood," children born abroad to at least one U.S. citizen parent may be entitled to U.S. citizenship, if they meet certain requirements. Jus soli, on the other hand, is "the right of the soil" guaranteeing citizenship to almost everyone born in the U.S. Zoom out: Birthright citizenship was added to the Constitution in the 14th Amendment after the Civil War to guarantee newly-freed slaves' citizenship. The right was affirmed by the Supreme Court in the 1890s, cementing birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are not citizens. What is Trump trying to change? Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office this year, which seeks to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to noncitizen parents and undocumented immigrants. Has anyone fought these efforts? Trump's executive order was quickly met with legal challenges, which resulted in temporary blocks on the order's enforcement. Last month, the president asked the Supreme Court to overturn those lower court orders. How many people would be affected by the order? In 2018, there were 4.4 million U.S.-born children with at least one parent who is an "unauthorized immigrant," per a Migration Policy Institute analysis. Congress in 2022 defined unauthorized immigrants as "noncitizens who generally have entered the United States without inspection, overstayed a period of lawful admission, or violated the terms of their admission." That figure represents most children living with parents who are unauthorized immigrants, 85%. Has the number of children born to immigrants changed over the years? In 2021, 21% of U.S. births were attributed to immigrant parents, the same share as in 2000, per child advocacy group Annie E. Casey Foundation. This percentage has fluctuated slightly over the years – rising to 25% in 2006 – but has since dropped back down to its previous level. Could Trump erase birthright citizenship? Michael LeRoy, an immigration law expert and professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, told Axios' Avery Lotz last year that a Supreme Court ruling in Trump's favor would have far-reaching legal repercussions. While LeRoy says he can't predict how the Supreme Court would rule, striking down a "clear provision in an amendment based on an executive order" could have implications on other parts of the Constitution. "The day might come when a president of a different political party issues an executive order to limit or repeal the Second Amendment," he said. "To be clear, that cannot happen." He added, "You cannot have an executive order that repeals the right to bear arms, nor can you have an executive order that repeals the birthright citizenship clause."
