Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
25 February 2014
Insolvency: Grant v. CP Asset Management
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Court-appointed liquidators were reinstated after allegations that voting on the appointment of a replacement liquidator was rigged to curt...
Negligence: Marchand v. Jackson
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Failing to arrange insurance cover for clients and then dishonestly stating that he had done so meant an insurance broker was liable for hi...
Bankrupt: Medtronic NZ v. Finch
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Orthopaedic surgeon Gregory Dale Finch has been ordered to pay $1.08 million for unpaid medical supplies and further ordered to pay extra c...
07 February 2014
Pollution: Auckland Waterfront v. Mobil
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Auckland ratepayers face a ten million dollar cost to remove contaminated subsoil before completing redevelopment of the Wynyard Quarter, s...
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 ...
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