Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
15 December 2025
Profit Margin: Knight Investments v. Hawkins Group
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Any suggestion Auckland volume home builders are creaming it took a knock when the High Court reduced the profit margin Ha...
Champerty: Ingenious Asset Mgmt v. McConnon
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The High Court dismissed as champertous and ‘trafficking in litigation’ a scheme seeing investors buying up unsecured cred...
Conversion: D&E Buses v. Anuj & Pallavi Family Trust
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It began with a $65,000 loan, ending with creditor Gary Sword claiming damages of two million dollars for supposed convers...
Partnership: re Estate Peter Webb
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Partnership law has business partnerships end automatically on death of any one partner, unless agreed otherwise, a rule t...
Relationship Property: 'Cooper' v. 'Smithie'
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It was at times a tempestuous relationship. He served a four year prison term for a serious criminal offence. At one p...
12 December 2025
Maori Land: Smith v. Thompson
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It took an arrest in 2019 for contempt of court to remove Bruce Smith and his family from land north of Wairoa in a wider ...
11 December 2025
Income Projections: Freedom Digital v. Moore
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Former real estate agent Stuart Pope fronted a test case for multiple investors seeking compensation for their failed inve...
Reparations: Rajah v. Police
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Three months after a sentence discount on grounds he would repay $420,000 stolen from his employer, Thirusivan Perumal Raj...
10 December 2025
Comparative Advertising: Zuru v. Lego
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When Zuru’s negotiations with Lego came to naught over description on packaging for its ‘Max Build’ toy bricks as being Le...
09 December 2025
Arbitration: Garcha Brothers v. St Heliers 88 Ltd
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Legal manoeuvring by investors Nicole and Victor Armani was described by the High Court as ‘smacking of tactical conduct’ ...
Limitation Period: Heartland Bank v. Campbell
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The High Court allowed Heartland Bank to chase down part of a $910,000 debt otherwise statute-barred as being more than si...
08 December 2025
Restraint of Trade: Raine & Horne v. Bratschi
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Rebranding Mike Pero real estate franchises as Raine & Horne still leaves real estate staff bound by earlier Mike Pero...
Maori Land: Malcolm v. Te Hana Trust
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A 26 year delay in registering with Land Information a status change for Maori land led to protracted legal argument over ...
Cartel: Commerce Commission v. Sweetspot
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Naively assuming that a proposed market share arrangement was industry practice, and comforted that a competition lawyer h...
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