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23 December 2013

D&O insurance: BFSL 2007 Ltd v. Steigrad & Houghton v. AIG

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Company directors everywhere are urgently renegotiating terms of their liability insurance following Supreme Court rulings in the Bridgecor...
20 December 2013

Sth Canterbury Finance: Simpson v. Jenks

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The chaotic state of Alan Hubbard’s investment empire was laid bare when a US investor sued to prove her entitlement to $5.5 million.  Hubb...
19 December 2013

Debt: P v. Bridgecorp

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Bridgecorp receivers were playing within the rules said the Supreme Court when they obtained judgement for over $65,000 against a lawyer wi...

Insurance: Crystal Imports v. Lloyds of London

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Insurers have been held to the strict wording of the policy in a claim by a substantial commercial property owner in Christchurch who owns ...

Securities: re Perpetual Trust

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Perpetual Trust pre-empted an investor mutiny by having the High Court unilaterally remove it as trustee of a host of failed finance compan...
18 December 2013

Debt compromise: Bank of Tokyo v. Solid Energy

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One creditor’s unsuccessful High Court challenge to Solid Energy’s capital restructuring has exposed how government held a pistol to the ba...
17 December 2013

Tax: Sovereign Assurance v. Inland Revenue

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Taxable income was increased by over $63 million after the Court of Appeal ruled against attempts by Sovereign Assurance to exploit timing ...
06 December 2013

Insurance: Rout v. Southern Response

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A Christchurch couple increased their earthquake insurance payout by over $100,000 after a dogged battle against Southern Response Eart...
03 December 2013

Insurance: CERA v. Fowler & Quake Outcasts

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The 46 self-styled Quake Outcasts received little comfort from the Court of Appeal as owners of uninsured property in the Christchurch ...
24 October 2013

Rockforte Finance: R. v. O'Leary & Gardner

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Directors of Gisborne based finance company Rockforte Finance have been sentenced for their role in misusing company money to prop up t...
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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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