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20 November 2025

Family Trust: Nath v. Nath

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   What started as a prudent decision to place their South Auckland family home into trust as protection against business cre...
19 November 2025

Trespass: Pipiriki Township v. Cripps

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   Maori Land Court referenced concepts of mana inherent in ownership of Maori Land, departing from English land law concepts...
18 November 2025

Investment: South Hyde Consulting v. SPSS Group

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   Initially it looked like a match made in heaven with Glenn Jenkin’s SPSS Group linking up with Tim Blake’s South Hyde Cons...
17 November 2025

Fraud: Kea Investments Ltd v. Wikeley

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   Ken Wikeley failed in his attempt to avoid contempt of court charges and bankruptcy, seeking a court-brokered deal.   He i...

Executor: re Estate Maria Vogelbein

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   Wolfgang Vogelbein’s dogged refusal to carry out terms of his late wife’s will resulted in removal as executor after claim...
13 November 2025

Undue Influence: re Estate of Johan de Rooy

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   He was a passive gentle man, according to the evidence; she a strong domineering personality.   The High Court ruled inval...
12 November 2025

Ban: Business & Innovation v. Wallace

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   Ministry of Business asked for an indefinite ban on 68 year old fraudster Richard Mark Wallace ever again being involved i...
07 November 2025

Corporate Governance: Jenner v. Corrections Association

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   Within one month of Glen Jenner’s election as vice-president of the prison officers’ union, his stated intention to shake-...

Disclosure: Liao v. Liao

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  A High Court order that daughter Pei-Ya Liao surrender ownership of an Auckland house to her parents was only the start....
06 November 2025

Deadlock: Nahkle v. Karaka Estate

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  With transactions in excess of seventeen million dollars in dispute, the High Court ruled companies owned by the Aucklan...

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. Allen

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  Pleading guilty to charges of cannabis supply, William James Allen then faced a proceeds of crime application seeking to...
03 November 2025

Family Trust: Darlow v. Pilbrow

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  Holding up distribution of a $2.5 million family trust, Anne Pilbrow was warned failure to promptly file her claim in co...
31 October 2025

Loan: Gemmell v. Gemmell

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  When Libby Reilly’s nine year relationship with Rewi Gemmell came to an end, it was a complete surprise to be told nearl...
30 October 2025

Trade Mark: APEDA v. Patent Office

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  Following disputes over use of the name ‘champagne’ and then ‘manuka honey,’ now it is the turn of basmati rice with Ind...

Contract Hire: Ester Electrical v. Lynx Recruitment

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  Belatedly reading the fine print in Lynx Recruitment’s six page terms and conditions, Auckland company Ester Electrical ...
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Mike Ross
Mike Ross spent nearly thirty years teaching all aspects of commercial law to business students and almost as many years writing variously for The New Zealand Herald, The National Business Review and The Chartered Accountants' Journal. He authored two books on legal principles governing business reconstructions. Mike Ross holds degrees in both law and economics from the University of Auckland.
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