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29 September 2023

Mortgagee Sale: Price v. Killarney Capital

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  The High Court refused developer Murray Price’s request for a one month halt to mortgagee sales on a Wellington subdivi...

Directors' Duties: Ji v. Ding

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  Renee Ji paid $2.3 million upfront prior to settlement of a $2.9 million Auckland purchase only to later find her money...

Family Tust: McLaughlin v. McLauglin

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  Mark became a doctor.   Andrew a vet.   John a registered valuer.   It cost John McLaughlin $1.1 million in legal fees ...

Tax: Kaur v. Taxation Review Authority

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  Inland Revenue’s declared plan to chase tax evasion by individuals related in any way to the Masala tax and immigration...
27 September 2023

Nuisance: Zheng v. Lyndon

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  Figuratively, a row of poplar trees on the common boundary of two properties in Auckland’s rural suburb Dairy Flat stoo...

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. McEnirney

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  With her spouse jailed following drug convictions and their jointly owned Tauranga home confiscated as ‘proceeds of cri...
25 September 2023

Land Sale: Stratton Properties v. Construction Properties

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  With prices softening, a land-banking company controlled by Waikato GJ Gardiner franchise owner Jeffrey de Leeuw was or...
22 September 2023

Franchise: Colville v. Colville

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  His mother gave evidence against him.   His former wife gave evidence against him.   West Coast builder Adam Colville w...
21 September 2023

Fraud: R. v. Harris & Mulholland

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  Serious Fraud Office favourite Crimes Act charge of ‘theft by person in a special relationship’ turned to custard in fa...

Fraud: Anderson v. Police

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  Melanie Tyrelle Anderson sold the family car and borrowed from relatives to repay in full some $62,000 stolen from two ...

Director: Mediaflow Ltd v. Marin

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  As software developer for Queenstown tourism digital recording system Mediaflow, Lucas Marin held keys to the kingdom, ...
20 September 2023

Estate: re Estate Donald Gifford

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  Rebecca Lane claims to be the natural child of Donald Algernon Gifford who in 2022 died at Auckland.   She was gifted $...

Family Trust: Pomeroy Family Trust v. Belasco

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  Selective enforcement of a $402,000 New Zealand family trust loan is being used by estranged spouse Robyn Belasco as le...

Relationship Property: Mills v. Dalzell

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  What was presented as a tidy ‘one in-one out’ relationship property settlement bogged down with allegations of fraud an...

Joint Venture: Wang v. Future Urban Ltd

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  A throwaway line in evidence, part of a dispute over an Auckland land deal that went wrong, resulted in Justice Downs o...
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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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