Mike Ross Law Blog

Bankrupted in 2009, former Invercargill tax accountant Darryl Robert Hewitson was under the mistaken belief that his bankruptcy was over whe...

Barrister Greg Jones was ordered to pay a $14,900 legal bill owed Hamilton solicitors Stace Hammond after the High Court dismissed his alleg...

Failing to act promptly on court orders to disclose documents required by receivers of Pyne Holdings, director George Kerr has been ordered ...

An immediate sale of Tellen Systems assets was blocked by the High Court following allegations insolvency practitioner Kevin Davies was in l...

Short of cash and under pressure to sell his home in order to pay some $306,000 to his second wife following separation, Keith Hingston turn...

The judicial axe fell to decide allocation of ANZ bank compensation for victims of the Ponzi fraud perpetrated by Wellington-based David Ros...

Jian Wu used powers of attorney given him by two former classmates as cover to hide funding for two south Auckland properties ruled by the H...

PGG Wrightson Real Estate was ordered to pay $1.6 million damages after one of their Hokitika sales staff negligently provided inaccurate mi...

Robert Luo and Anny Yip needed High Court assistance to extricate themselves from a Pokeno land development alleging Annie Shiu had dishones...

Owners of a Dunedin taxi company face personal liability for $80,000 due four drivers held to be employees, not independent contractors.  A ...

Auckland insolvency specialist Victoria Toon walked unwittingly into a family scrap when she took on the job of winding down a solvent prope...

Anger within the Hawkes Bay Couper-Kain dynasty has not subsided with ongoing litigation claiming the late Tom Kain got more than his fair s...

Making a construction contract progress payment claim after issuing a final completion certificate arguably takes the progress payment outsi...

Local authorities can force strengthening of ‘earthquake-prone’ buildings with the cost falling entirely on building owners.  Wellington pro...

Christchurch-based consumer credit provider Moola surrendered to Commerce Commission complaints that a deal it stitched up with competitors ...

Facing termination of his Richmond Hell Pizza franchise near Nelson, Seerat Singh went on the attack alleging Hell Pizza head office had man...

Ryan Laird, owner of Go Vino restaurant and bar at Cooks Beach near Whitianga, took to the High Court to block a rival business owned by Ham...

Kumar Thuraisingham was a tenant in one of Shyama Mahasivam’s investment properties.  He thought he was borrowing from his landlord to bridg...

It took a court order for First Gas to gain access to farmland north of New Plymouth for urgent work on its natural gas pipeline.  The Gibbs...

Relationship property rules on separation apply also to polyamorous relationships the Court of Appeal ruled recommending an equal split betw...

Transferring potential relationship assets to a family trust prior to a developing de facto relationship becoming permanent does not stop th...

Serial Wellington litigator Harry Memelink alleged struck-off lawyer and convicted fraudster Patrick Renshaw had no authority to spend $130,...

Kiwifruit growers class action against government claiming losses of $400 million after PSA bacteria ravaged orchards resulted in a payout o...

Patricia Gemmell was removed as administrator of her late husband’s estate after selling his farm at Raupunga between Napier and Wairoa to h...