Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
20 May 2025
Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. McMillan
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Claims by travel broker Jitesh Mistry that his $50,000 payment six years ago to now convicted drug dealer Kenny Leslie M...
19 May 2025
Mortgagee Sale: Lau v. Silver Harbour Capital
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Investors supporting a failed South Auckland property development have returned to China, leaving in their wake a claim ...
14 May 2025
Family Trust: Everiss v. Long
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Having a family trust own business assets allows considerable dexterity in distribution of taxable profits, but has led ...
13 May 2025
Fraud: Pearson v. Commonwealth of Australia
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After a five year battle to avoid extradition, financial adviser Marion Joan Pearson now faces charges in Perth alleging...
09 May 2025
Subdivision: Buchanan v. Buchanan
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It took threats of legal action to have Lesley Buchanan agree to family plans for subdivision of their Wanaka property. ...
Forestry Rights: ADM International v. Kiwi Forests
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With litigation spanning the globe, Swiss-based ship charterer ADM International Ltd failed in its Fair Trading Act clai...
08 May 2025
Insider Trading: Huljich v. R.
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Court of Appeal doubled Peter Huljich’s Pushpay Holdings insider trading fine to $200,000, expressing concern the trial ...
Secret Commission: Spark NZ Ltd v. Bryan
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Spark is chasing backhanders totalling $3.5 million paid by Sean Bryan’s Victory IT Ltd, being secret commissions reward...
07 May 2025
Bankruptcy: Seven Brews v. Flavell
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Proof is required, not promises. Graeme Pierre Flavell was bankrupted on a $51,500 debt owed liquor wholesaler Seven B...
02 May 2025
Bankrupt: Wenzhou Hongliang v. Williams
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With Insolvency Service about to close the file on bankrupt Gerald Norman Williams, unpaid creditor Wenzhou Trading had ...
01 May 2025
Canam Construction: Miedema Family Trust v. Petrou
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Directors Loukas Petrou and Stephen Jones were ordered to pay $513,400 damages to Mark’s and Julie’s Miedema Family Trus...
30 April 2025
Mortgagee Sale: Bank of India v. Gupta
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Partly constructed buildings left abandoned are the most difficult to sell in a mortgagee sale; a point accepted by the ...
Trust: Huang v. Chen
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Renovate or sell: a decision splitting trustees of Auckland’s North Shore Bread of Life Christian Church, currently occu...
28 April 2025
Reckless Trading: Batley v. MacDonald
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Hamilton builder John MacDonald was ordered to pay nearly $290,000 to two customers after what the High Court described ...
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