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01 March 2024

Joint Venture: Chen v. Huang

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  A relationship beginning as friends ended with allegations of dishonesty in handling Chinese investment in the New Zeala...

Fraud: re Cryptopia Ltd

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  Liquidation costs to date exceed $23 million for Cryptopia liquidators Grant Thornton chasing down cryptocurrency assets...
28 February 2024

Ruapehu Alpine: Gibson v. Platt

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  Insolvency specialists separately managing skifield operations at Ruapehu joined forces to bat away legal argument from ...

Investment Fraud: Huljich v. McCaffrey

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  If it were a film script, it reads like a scam built on a scam.   Entrepreneur Chris Huljich is chasing down proceeds of...
21 February 2024

Relationship Property: Alalaakkola v. Palmer

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  Copyright in works of art produced during a relationship amount to relationship property, the Court of Appeal ruled.   B...
20 February 2024

Contract: Heartland Bank v. Internet Business Systems

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  Described as a Heartland Bank delaying tactic, its claim that a $2.77 million disputed invoice should be argued in the N...
19 February 2024

Misrepresentation: Munroe Trustee v. Wang

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  Auckland property purchaser, Dabin Wang, says a $1.07 million claim for loss on resale following his default on an Auckl...
16 February 2024

Family Trust: Logan v. Bishop

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  There is no public registry providing details of family trusts, forcing Auckland insolvency specialists Larissa Logan an...

Asset Forefeiture: McFarland v. Commissioner of Police

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  Gang culture with its strong ethic that you do not rip off fellow gang members saw police make use of Christchurch Head ...

Maori: re Estate Sapasui Fred

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  It had been the family home for some sixty years.   Following the death of their surviving parent Sapasui Fred in 2003, ...
14 February 2024

Mortgage Fraud: Westpac v. New Dawn Holdings

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  The property deal did not go ahead, but lawyer Jesse Nguy still drew down $1.3 million bank finance supposedly to comple...

Property Sale: Blackwater Properties v. Crawford Group

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  Less than twenty four hours after Christchurch developer Crawford Group Ltd was ordered to pay more than $1.4 million da...
13 February 2024

Bankruptcy: re Terry Alexander Davison

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  New Zealand and Australia are joined at the hip when it comes to trans-Tasman debtors looking to hide from creditors.   ...
09 February 2024

Immigration Scam: Bandara v. Police

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  Rose Bandara’s conviction for an immigration visa scam was overturned on appeal.   There was no evidence she took $10,00...
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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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