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09 November 2023

Charity: Better Public Media Trust v. Attorney-General

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  Born out of political lobbying to stop commercialisation of Radio New Zealand, Better Public Media Trust can register a...

NZ Post: Three Hills Group v. NZ Post

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  Waikato rural delivery contractors Danielle and Ian Kennedy are suing NZ Post alleging their business is being devalued...
03 November 2023

Senior Trust Capital v. Holmes & Hannon

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  It had a difficult birth and now a lingering death.   Chris Holmes and Tony Hannon have been ordered to pay a $3.4 mill...
02 November 2023

Trust: Wadsworth v. Cognata Investments

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  Kaiapoi businessman Dale Wadsworth took up cousin Troy Surch’s suggestion he set up a stand-alone company to hold surpl...
01 November 2023

Debt: Signum Holdings Ltd v. Okuora Holdings Ltd

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  After Paul Ryan negotiated down the debt payable following his Signum Holdings default on a convertible note repayment ...
31 October 2023

Franchise: Whites96 Ltd v. Wheel Magician

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  Whanganui Wheel Magician franchise holder Jason White needed High Court assistance to amend a court injunction, intende...

Autoterminal: Pacific Auto Carrier v. Jacanna Holdings

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  Competing claims to over ten million dollars revenue from sale in New Zealand of used cars imported from Japan is being...

Bankruptcy: Oficial Assignee v. Memelink

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  Automatic discharge from bankruptcy for Wellington bankrupt Harry Memelink has been postponed to the earlier of three y...
30 October 2023

Lawyer: Haines v. National Standards Cttee

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  Wellington lawyer Quentin Stobart Haines handed in his practising certificate when charged with offences under the Pros...

Fair Trading: Clyma v. Kaminski

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  TripAdvisor still advertises glowing testimonials from tourists enjoying views from Rotorua Observer’s tethered helium ...
27 October 2023

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. Baylis

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  With property prices falling and mortgage arrears increasing, the High Court ordered sale of a Christchurch property ev...

Liquidation: Sprosen v. NFL Foods Ltd

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  Terry Le Sueur’s practice of moving assets from company to company out of reach of trailing liquidators came unstuck wi...
24 October 2023

Arbitration: Rau Paenga v. CPB Contractors

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  Attempted cancellation of the delayed build contract for Christchurch’s new metro sports centre by Australian contracto...
20 October 2023

Land Sale: Watson v. Masterton Investments

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  After Primary Industries refused Denis Watson’s ManukaMed application to import royal jelly he was left with an unfunde...
19 October 2023

Tax: Coleman v. Inland Revenue

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  Now on parole near the end of his four year nine month term of imprisonment for tax fraud, Peter Coleman failed in his ...
18 October 2023

Liquidation: Francis v. Degree Plumbing Ltd

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  Ordered by the High Court to return payment of a $37,400 trade invoice, Degree Plumbing Ltd had an uphill job to prove ...
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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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