Mike Ross Law Blog

Auckland-based Jin Yuan Finance Ltd was fined four million dollars for multiple breaches of money-laundering legislation after Internal Aff...

Convicted of fraud after customers lost $650,000 paid for manuka honey and infant milk formula not delivered, dairy scientist Trevor James ...

Notorious for aggressive defence of its brand throughout the world, the International Olympic Committee was laughed out of New Zealand cour...

ANZ bank as victim made a profit of eight million dollars.  Property developer Leonard John Ross was sentenced to four years four months im...

A $1.57 million debt arising from the transfer of a Manawatu family farm to the next generation was presumed forgiven, until son and daught...

Liquidators in control of Christchurch motor vehicle dealer formerly known as Nigel Thompson Motor Company Ltd are suing used car importer ...

Having made a five year commitment promising $2.1 million venture capital for commercial development of SenSys, the Lookman Family Trust co...

Having received full government compensation following the compulsory acquisition of a Carl’s Jr fast food site taken for widening Auckland...

Paul Webb owes Inland Revenue $26.3 million in tax arrears.  Companies office records give as his residential address valuable real estate ...

The first ever Commerce Commission prosecution of a ‘buyer-side’ cartel saw Auckland property company RonovatioNZ fined $400,000 over opera...

Real Estate Agents Act fines are not ordered as compensation for agent misrepresentations in property sales. Fines are penalties for unprof...

Two months after a February 2013 discharge from his second bankruptcy, Feroz Khan embarked on a scheme to buy and subdivide land at Parakai...

Bankruptcy judges cannot block a debtor company winding up just because the amount owed is small, the Court of Appeal ruled.  Creditors fre...

Kelly Tian and Anson Zhang became engaged after meeting as mortgage brokers working in the same Auckland office. His contribution of over h...

Srilal Perera trusted his sister and brother-in-law to look after his property when he left for Australia.  In his 24 year absence, they mi...

Finding over $1.4 million had been stolen over ten years, Worldwide Holidays Ltd sued former employee Xiaoning Wang, her mother Bu Jun and ...

Strung along with lies from Ever Health Group promising $5.3 million immediate funding for a proposed infant milk project, Brian Wagstaff a...

Sale of a block of ten adjoining earthquake-damaged Christchurch flats was ordered over the objections of one owner claiming her status as ...

Cadex Finance Ltd director Darren Crisp was ordered to pay damages for his company’s failure to properly weathertight Queenstown’s Alta Apa...

Angered by perceived injustice over land taken from his forebears, Stephen James Henare fought a long legal battle to take control, from th...

Sealegs International holds no copyright in use of retractable wheel assemblies in its amphibious boats, ruled the Court of Appeal, leaving...

Dismissing an employee during a 90-day trial period with payment in lieu of work for a notice period is not summary dismissal, the Court of...

The High Court dismissed a $703,300 summary judgment claim against builder Frederick van der Sande; a full court hearing is needed to sort ...

Fined two million dollars for breaches of the Fair Trading Act, Steel & Tube increased revenue by some four million selling as a premiu...

Convicted of fraud together with husband Darryl Angus, Melissa Jane Angus is seeking to overturn her convictions for misappropriating $93,2...

Gift, or held on trust?  A $1.5 million balance in son Barry’s share trading account was held on trust and Ross Reid, now aged 97, was enti...

Seven years on and Tasman Council is chasing Richmond real estate agent Mike Harvey for water service connection fees due on his Mapua subd...

A ‘full and final’ insurance settlement was no bar to a claim for damages after Southern Response misrepresented policy cover following ear...