Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
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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