Mike Ross Law Blog
Legal issues: Inside out
08 October 2025
Unit Title: Body Corporate 49407 v. Donovan
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Amended Unit Title powers enabled a Tauranga body corporate to assume ownership of an apartment, forcing a sale after th...
03 October 2025
Mutton Bird: re Succession to Phyliss Harmon
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Ten years on from Polly Harmon’s death, disputes over inheritance rights saw the Maori Land Court rule Polly validly ski...
Corporate Opportunity: Drycarbon GP One Ltd v. Leckie
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Investment bankers Will Leckie and Chris Morrison were ordered to pay $12.1 million buying out Drylandcarbon joint ventu...
02 October 2025
Property: Schmidt v. Garrity
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In jail and under financial pressure with properties at Mangatawhiri and Mangatangi south of Auckland at risk of mortgag...
Cryptopia: Sharma v. Cryptopia Ltd
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Claiming to have lost Bitcoin currently worth $108 million in the 2019 heist which saw Christchurch-based Cryptopia hack...
01 October 2025
Charitable Trust: re Estate Thomas Burke
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It was a touching gesture for Thomas Burke to provide for his sister and another friend, but leaving the residue of his ...
30 September 2025
Liquidation: Kiwicare Services v. Arachchilage
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Kapila Arachchilage filed for bankruptcy just prior to a court hearing holding him liable to pay $1.03 million wrongly t...
Liquidation: Cato Bolam v. Mansion Rear Ltd
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In a bind, with Auckland property developer June Xu stalling on payment, civil engineers Cato Bolam found they could not...
26 September 2025
Investment: Liu v. Wei
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A $1.4 million debt is not yet due says property developer Chenyang Wei; written loan terms are a façade, drawn up for t...
15 September 2025
Seasonal Workers: Soapi v. Pick Hawke's Bay
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Seasonal labour contracts for Pacific Islanders brought in for Hawke’s Bay horticulture and viticulture amounted to inde...
Tax Relief: Inland Revenue v. KD Transport Ltd
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Narinder Singh Dhaliwal’s request for time to pay overdue tax debts exceeding one million dollars owed by his transport ...
Family Trust: Lassnig v. Zhou
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Family trust assets are not sacrosanct when a relationship ends. The Supreme Court set out guidelines: for a marriage ...
12 September 2025
Settlelement: Lepionka & Co Investments v. Gibson Sheat
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Litigation costs were the killer in Stefan Lepionka’s foray into a Hawkes Bay lifestyle subdivision. Attempts to recov...
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