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19 September 2023

Relationship Property: Gerring-Gunn v. Gunn

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  The family was based in Abu Dhabi with husband Steve Gunn employed as an Emirates pilot when marriage with Anna came to...

Tax: Foley v. R.

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  The Court of Appeal dismissed Auckland building contractor Stephen Eugene Foley’s appeal on cultural grounds for a redu...
14 September 2023

Director: re Mark Benjamin

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  Convicted of fraud offences fourteen years apart, Mark Joseph Benjamin’s prohibition from acting as a company director ...
13 September 2023

Construction: Birchler v. Homebuild Homes

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  Sudden death ‘pay now, argue later’ rules in the Construction Contracts Act came into play with disgruntled clients of ...
11 September 2023

House Sale: Whakaruru Trust v. Bath

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  Ordered to pay $429,000 damages after defaulting on an Auckland residential property deal; Jay Bath signed up in Septem...
08 September 2023

Trespass: Nuttall Properties v. Corcoran

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  Given permission for temporary relocation of his company’s baled waste at a Christchurch commercial site, director Mich...
07 September 2023

Estate: Reeves & Middleton v. McEldowney

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  An extra $900,000 awarded New Plymouth’s Brian and Shirley McEldowney as a testamentary promises claim on top of their ...
06 September 2023

Mistake: Wrenn v. Boughen

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  Having paid one million dollars back in 2014 to purchase a century-old home in Wellington’s Te Aro valley, Philippa Wre...

Contract: Delamere v. Liu

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  Former Minister of Immigration Tuariki Delamere was ordered to repay a $350,000 term deposit held on behalf of client Y...

Lawyer: Tennet v. Wellington Standards Cttee

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  Having narrowly missed being struck off for dishonesty after inflating cost of a client’s pre-sentence alcohol and drug...
05 September 2023

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. Duncan

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  Criminal proceeds recovery orders stalk offenders for the rest of their lives.   A $1.8 million profit forfeiture order...
04 September 2023

WorkSafe: Sullivan v. R

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  Steve Sullivan has thirty years’ experience marine engineering in Nelson.   As managing director and substantial shareh...
31 August 2023

Management Contract: Ena Holdings v. Admiralty Lodge Motel

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  Brian Johnson sold management rights for Admiralty Lodge motel on Whitianga’s Buffalo Beach for $950,000 in late 2019 b...
29 August 2023

Debt: Keung v. Connolly

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  Desperately short of cash, Christchurch property developer Seng Bou Keung borrowed $90,000 from his then girlfriend and...
28 August 2023

Guarantee: Heartland Bank v. Burton

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  Ordered to pay $1.2 million on a guarantee of his company’s borrowings from Heartland Bank, David Burton failed in his ...
23 August 2023

Contract: Kingsbeer Transport v. Martin-Brower

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  McDonalds demands high standards from its suppliers, not reciprocated when it left a Tauranga trucking company high and...
22 August 2023

Accounting Information: Johnson v. Johnson

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  They separated in 2014 and have kept lawyers very busy with a multitude of claims and accusations.   Maria Johnson has ...
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Mike Ross spent nearly thirty years teaching all aspects of commercial law to business students and almost as many years writing variously for The New Zealand Herald, The National Business Review and The Chartered Accountants' Journal. He authored two books on legal principles governing business reconstructions. Mike Ross holds degrees in both law and economics from the University of Auckland.
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