Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
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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