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22 May 2024

Covid-19 subsidies: Attorney-General v. Papa Robs Contractors

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  Social Development is forcing recovery of overpaid covid-19 wage subsidies through the simple expedient of taking legal ...
21 May 2024

Judicial Bias: Ressels v. Southern Response

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  While litigants can feel aggrieved after an adverse court ruling, lawyers sometimes feel their beautifully crafted legal...
17 May 2024

Charity: World Gospel College v. Inland Revenue

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  De-registration of a charity without then transferring net assets across to another charity results in the charity’s cur...
16 May 2024

Conflict of Interest: First NZ Properties v. Millar

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  Nelson-based company director Michael Millar was ordered to pay $2.4 million damages for milking excess fees out of Firs...

Business Sale: Kumar v. Many Ltd

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  Selling her late husband’s interest in FM105.3 Ltd, Roshni Kumar represented that his estate was owed $294,000 by the co...

Undue Influence: re Estate David John Spellers

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  David Speller died one day short of his seventy-seventh birthday after marrying three times and leaving multiple wills v...
15 May 2024

Estate: Official Assignee v. Koedyk

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  Giving away any estate bequest and then becoming bankrupt in the next two years can result in Insolvency Service clawing...
14 May 2024

Mortgagee Sale: Kwok v. HND Holding

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  Daniel Kwok is claiming $66 million damages alleging private lender HND Holding Ltd caused a cascade of problems by bein...

Business Purchase: Blossom Tradings v. Nair

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  In the depth of Auckland’s covid-19 lockdowns, Oniel Handa purchased two Auckland hospitality venues for $1.17 million i...

Family Trust: Estate of Falesima v. Manukia

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  The lawyer charged no fees.   Court fees were waived.   A gross injustice was corrected with the High Court ruling grand...
13 May 2024

Freezing Order: Pask v. Liu

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  Described as a ‘battle of attrition’ in a relationship property dispute over assets valued at some twenty million dollar...
10 May 2024

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. Jobes

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  Forfeiture of some $175,000 cash on hand satisfied a proceeds of crime forfeiture order with the High Court ruling a for...

Fair Trading: Red Stag Timber v. Juken

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  With market share sliding after rival Juken entered the market for timber framing, Red Stag sued alleging Juken misrepre...
09 May 2024

Asset Forfeiture: Commissioner of Police v. William & Eng

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  Managing residential tenancies can be complex, doubly so when the properties are held in limbo under Insolvency Service ...
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Mike Ross
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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