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03 October 2024

Maori Land: Pomare v. Pomare

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  Descendants of Sir Maui Pomare are locked in dispute over potential subdivision of land near Plimmerton in Wellington, f...

Financial Services: FMA v. AA Insurance

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  AA Insurance was fined $6.1 million following failures to properly apply discounts on multi-policy annual premiums and f...
02 October 2024

Property: Wang v. Hu

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  After their Auckland joint venture property deal went sour, Bin Hu disputed that one million dollars paid to her up fron...
01 October 2024

Tax: Jaques v. Inland Revenue

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  Part way through a High Court hearing on appeal against convictions for tax fraud, Keith Jaques abandoned his appeal.   ...
30 September 2024

Defamation: Chiv v. Dai

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  Learning her clients wished to change accounting adviser, Wellington-based Sandy Dai bad-mouthed their choice of Aucklan...
27 September 2024

Estate: Estate William Frame v. Frame and W&G Trustee

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  While brother Allan was left with ownership of the Roxburgh central Otago family farm on death of his father, it require...
26 September 2024

Reckless Trading: Boaden v. Mahoney

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  Owed unpaid rent and the cost of clearing debris from an Auckland site, commercial landlord Drew Boaden did not roll ove...

Harditex: Cridge v. Studorp Ltd

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  Sloppy workmanship led to water ingress and moisture damage for homes clad with manufacturer James Hardie’s product Hard...
20 September 2024

Health Data: HealthAlliance v. Hewlett Packard

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  On learning Health New Zealand wanted to store existing records using new software, US-based Capex Discovery refused ass...
18 September 2024

Construction: Beca Carter v. Wellington City

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  Building Act’s ten year ‘longstop’ limitation does not apply to contribution claims where one defendant found liable for...
16 September 2024

Investment: Birnie v. Outward Ltd

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  In the world of investment banking, it is no more than small change to put $325,000 into a blockchain start-up.   Misrep...
13 September 2024

Bankrupt: re Harry Shand Crawford

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  Christchurch property developer Harry Shand Crawford was bankrupted on a $942,000 guarantee over top of protestations th...
12 September 2024

Legal Costs: Red Stag Timber v. Juken NZ

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  A long-running court battle over market share for treated timber framing saw losing litigant Red Stag Timber out of pock...
06 September 2024

Sofitel Auckland: Een v.Body Corporate 384911

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  At the third time of asking, aggrieved apartment owners at Viaduct Harbour on Auckland’s waterfront battling Pandey Grou...
05 September 2024

Fair Trading: OHL Ltd v. Premier Property

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  Mark Hotchin’s OHL Ltd was awarded $400,000 damages on purchase of an Auckland commercial building after real estate age...
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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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