Mike Ross Law Blog

Tourism New Zealand’s proposed cancellation of Auckland-based ANZ Sky Tours status as an accredited inbound tour operator for Chinese touri...

Village Resort timeshare on Taupo’s Lake Terrace has sold for $6.5 million with owners holding ‘fixed weeks’ to receive about $10,000; ‘flo...

Trademark protection is lost if registered branding is not used continuously for a period of three years. Selling via an off-shore website ...

It started as two locals scoping a potential Queenstown development for Hong Kong resident Marc Holtzman.  When Mr Holtzman dropped out, Qu...

Attempts to tip-toe around overseas investment rules sees company director Jamie Donaldson facing a $400,000 claim from liquidator of Locha...

Twice suspended from Avondale Jockey Club committee following complaints he was not acting in the Club’s best interests, Vince Middeldorp g...

A new phrase enters the legal lexicon: OPCA litigants.  Labelled as Organised Pseudo-legal Commercial Argument litigants they appear in cou...

The High Court revoked an enduring power of attorney a sister held over her brother’s financial affairs.  She has over sixty convictions fo...

Litigation funders must disclose their identity.  They cannot hide behind nominees the High Court ruled, following an application by Queens...

As purchasers of a Blenheim farmlet, the Holdaways recovered $42,800 damages for a GST credit denied after vendor David Ellwood failed to t...

Fined $12,000 for failing to disclose a ‘relevant interest’ when trading listed securities, former Deloitte partner Mark Stephen Talbot neg...

Currently imprisoned on fraud offences relating to Ponzi fraud BlackfortFX, Lance Jack Ryan is now banned for life from managing a company....

Online lender Moola alleges illegitimate use of Google Ads by Australian provider Wallet Wizard chasing market share. Moola, owned by Chr...

Only after his employee set up in competition did Ajay Kumar demand repayment of a claimed $211,000 loan. There was no loan; details of a l...

Lawyer Ronald Bruce Johnson was suspended from practice for three months after failing to give full advice to ill-informed trustees of a Sa...

Convicted of fraud after milking government guarantees put in place after the 2008 global financial crisis: Paul Bublitz was sentenced to t...

Owning forestry land near Kaitaia, Maori-owned Peria Charitable Trust is accused of selling the same cutting rights twice over.  A Mark Hot...

Facing a seven million dollar penalty for GST and unpaid duty following a customs fraud, Auckland-based vehicle importer Acacia Motorhomes ...

Property manager Jules Consultancy Ltd breached the Fair Trading Act when failing to make full disclosure to potential purchaser Michael Ro...

As loving sons, Huljich brothers drew on the $80 million generated from their 1995 sale of Best Corporation to support mother Elizabeth.  H...

First legal action for breach of Overseas Investment Act ‘good character’ rules saw the High Court approve negotiated penalties of $100,000...

Mark Coggan, joint owner of Superthriller Jet Sprint operating out of Manukau in south Auckland, has been ordered to hand over all Superthr...

Insolvency Service has to bear the cost of a potential $2.41 million GST lability arising from its $18.5 million settlement with auditors o...

Quin Environmentals breached the Fair Trading Act by linking its superphosphate fertiiser to Fertmark accreditation when it did not comply ...

With trustees of Oldfield Family Trust estranged and deadlocked, the High Court removed husband and wife appointing New Zealand Guardian Tr...

With unsecured debts of $566,800 and declared assets of only $3000, John David Sandford’s part-payment Insolvency Act proposal was refused ...

Established to commercialise ice-warning devices for roads, Christchurch-based Solar Bright recovered company assets from founders Patrick ...