Mike Ross Law Blog

The Court of Appeal ordered private equity investor Rangatira pay a $920,000 ‘top up’ fee following its divestment of Tuatara Breweries fou...

Chinese investors disputing ownership of Auckland’s Formosa Golf Club were very guarded in the High Court when giving evidence both about t...

Hamilton-based Matthew John Young’s four years and eleven months’ sentence for dishonesty and fraud was confirmed by the Court of Appeal, d...

Michael Lookman is suing Nelson acquaintance Warwick Jones after sinking $1.8 million dollars into development of SenSys; technology facili...

The Companies Office misapplied filing rules when demanding US listed company General Electric prepare and file audited financial statement...

Both were described as having strong and determined personalities.  Steve Simmons and Chris Pickering spent an expensive week in the High C...

Already in jail following a Companies Act conviction when pleading guilty to fraud, Lance Jack Ryan succeeded in reducing the sentence for ...

Reduction in a $45,000 fine for ‘dirty dairying’ because of economic hardship was refused.  Reducing fines amounts to no more than a licenc...

The High Court approved a class action for potentially two thousand Christchurch AMI Insurance policyholders claiming to be misled by South...

Chinese property investor Zhong Li was duped by business associate York Yu who fraudulently used Li’s power of attorney to steal four prope...

After pleading guilty to benefit fraud totalling $347,400, Pauline Lowen asked cash held under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act be rele...

Two US investors thought their $US 2.3 million was ploughed into a productive Moutere vineyard.  They found instead their money was used fo...

In the Bethell family for generations, the family farm at Weka Pass in North Canterbury has been sold by the third generation: from clogs t...

The High Court confirmed 18 months’ imprisonment for Paul Alofa following a cheque kiting fraud perpetrated against ASB Bank. Alofa has 3...

Ructions within Auckland’s Korean community continue with journalist Steve Lee, owner of weekly Korean-language newspaper  The New Zealand ...

Land, vehicles and farm equipment valued at $263,800 were seized from Brent Craig Harris as proceeds of crime. Harris was arrested in Sep...

An October 2014 fire at a Vector electricity substation in Auckland caused a three day outage across the city’s eastern suburbs with consum...

Stubborn resistance blocking beneficiary entitlement to payment from a family trust had its consequences; Kevin Sunde as a trustee of the L...

Patient care at Midlands Health Network was disrupted when management was served with a High Court injunction. Software supplier Medtech Lt...

Agreements between de facto couples made before a 2001 law change bringing de facto relationships into the regime mandating a 50/50 split o...

Waikato real estate agents Lodge Real Estate and Monarch Real Estate have been found liable for price fixing after a Commerce Commission ap...

It was ‘repugnant to justice’ and ‘completely unfair’ Justice Grice ruled for Tony Kidd to receive a 50/50 split of relationship property w...

Already facing criticism for failures to prosecute illegal dumping of quota fish, Primary Industries wound up legal action against South Ko...

Auckland’s Caughey Smith-Preston Charitable Trust providing care facilities for the aged has been run out of business by increased costs an...

Described as a habitual debtor who disputes apparently valid claims then commonly pays at the last minute when there is no other option ope...

Harcourts Real Estate pumped $1.01 million into failed south Auckland Harcourts franchise Preet & Co to cover shortfalls in its trust a...