Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
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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