Otago Standards Committee v Stewart [2016] NZLCDT 28 [pdf, 77 KB]
...bleak banking crisis in Europe as demonstrated by the situation in Cyprus and the freezing of the accounts of many European banks on the pretence of investigating source of funds, many people have realised, that European bank accounts and indeed many offshore bank accounts, may not be safe.” And “Since European banks are not Government guaranteed, the chance of bank accounts being frozen in upcoming European crises is quite significant, further with new anti money laundering laws...