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27 August 2025

Maori Land: Stafford v. Attorney-General

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  Final compensation following 180 years of ongoing breaches for a Maori land contract has inched closer with the High Cou...

NF Global: NF Global Ltd v. Oberto

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  Liquidators PWC have accepted claims totalling $59.1 million from customers of failed online payment platform NF Global ...
21 August 2025

Land Compensation: Andrew v. Sidwell Developments

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  Forcing the Andrew family to remove a land covenant blocking intensive subdivision on neighbouring land near Orewa on Au...
20 August 2025

Relationship Property: 'Houser' v. 'Houser'

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  A husband’s financially catastrophic purchase of a second home post-separation adversely affected his estranged spouse’s...

Lease: Bush Inn v. Big Daddys Ltd

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  Removing unsold stock and walking away from rented retail space does not at law amount to surrender of a lease; the leas...
19 August 2025

Restraint of Trade: Booths Logistics v. Millard

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  Three years after selling their Central Otago trucking business for $12.3 million, Ross Millard and spouse Barbara are b...

Body Corporate: Bremner v. Body Corporate 51615

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  Failure by owners of six houses in a Lower Hutt development to agree on body corporate policy saw the High Court appoint...

Co-owners: Barry v. Harris

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  The High Court ordered mother-in-law of Lower Hutt mayor Campbell Barry vacate a jointly-owned family property at Wainui...
18 August 2025

Bankrupt: Lister v. Sadiq

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  Mohammed and Shamina Saqiq were bankrupted following failure to pay a $286,000 deposit on an Auckland house purchase.   ...
14 August 2025

Maori Land: re Round Corner Ltd

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  Wellington property developers Mark and Anna Rudings failed in their Maori Land Court challenge over the status of prime...
13 August 2025

Will: re Selwyn Gallot

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  It is not a good look in light of the Public Trust’s regular advertising campaigns emphasising the importance of keeping your will up to d...
12 August 2025

Takeover: Empire Technology v. Vital Ltd

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  Aborted takeovers of NZX listed companies can result in a bill from the target company, with Empire Technology disputing...
06 August 2025

Investment: Hua v. Zhang

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  Commercial practice in China having investors disguise their activities caused confusion during a High Court hearing bef...
05 August 2025

Contempt: Francis v. Ranita Handyman Services

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  Rinish Kunjumon says the truck is his, handed over by Maxconcrete Ltd in lieu of a debt owed.   He now faces arrest for ...
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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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