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17 August 2026

Construction Adjudication: MBC Lincoln v. Floor Masters

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   A Construction Contracts Act adjudicator was within her rights cancelling an adjudication, after ruling there was no evide...

Maori Land: Tawhitinui Marae v. Holloway

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   Tenancy Tribunal has no jurisdiction over occupation rights to Maori reserve land, leading trustees of a Bay of Plenty mar...
14 August 2026

Fence: Three Holdings Ltd v. Leggett

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   Auckland’s Herne Bay has some of the most expensive real estate in New Zealand with new neighbours spending two days in co...

Trans-Tasman Enforcement: Supermega Market v. Sunnya

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   Found liable by a New South Wales court for ‘knowingly assisting’ a fraudulent scheme to divert business revenue from Aust...

Mortgagee Sale: Sood v. ASB

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   High Court dismissed attempts by Ankush and Saloni Sood to block ASB’s mortgagee sale of their Auckland properties with th...
13 August 2026

Maori Land: Murphy v. Ihaia-Thompson

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   New rules around ‘double-dipping’ in Maori land inheritances following whangai adoptions now limit the ability to inherit ...

Lease: Glenthorne Station v. Canterbury University

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   High country runholders holding leases with rentals assessed under the Public Bodies Leases Act now diversifying into home...

Franchise: Green Acres v. Singh

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   Ordered to pay ongoing Green Acres franchise fees for their remaining twenty year franchise term, franchisees Palwinder Si...
07 August 2026

Defamation: Bakshi v. Gill

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   No name was mentioned, but a Tik Tok video voiced in Punjabi was sufficient to identify Wellington businessman Amandeep Ba...

Family Trust: Nahkle v. Karaka Estate Ltd

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   An internecine battle within Auckland’s Nahkle family saw the High Court order two family trustee companies into liquidati...

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. Zhao

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   With their Christchurch home held in name of a family trust, High Court approved a negotiated proceeds of crime settlement...
06 August 2026

Estate: re Pullar

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   Having received funds totalling $2.5 million by survivorship on assets she owned jointly with her late husband Alan Given ...

Marketing: Commerce Commission v. Brand Developers

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   Marketing tactics by online trader and prolific television advertiser Brand Developers being described by Commerce Commiss...

Land Purchase: Maraposa Ltd v. Wang

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   The High Court held Lei Wang to her purchase of an Auckland property over claims to be victim of foul play by business acq...
05 August 2026

Injurious Falsehood: Rascals International v. Taylor

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   Zuru escaped by a whisker after being sued for $1.18 million by owners of rival nappy brand Treasures: a Fair Trading clai...

Director Duties: Rascals International v. JJK Group

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   Zuru’s $20.5 million dollar legal action against JJK Group was a claim to take ownership of potential profits in a busines...
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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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