Reported Cases
EEN V BODY CORPORATE 384911 [2022]NZSC 59; (2021) 22 NZCPR 844; [2021] NZCA 665; [2021]NZHC 729; (2020) 21 NZCPR 809; [2020] NZHC 3340
Acting for a group of unit owners in a multi-storey building operating as a hotel seeking relief against the owners of the commercial units in the building.
ROKE REALTY LTD V MALONES LTD (2013) 15 NZCPR 8;[2013] NZHC 2520
Acting for a tavern in defending a claim by the purchaser of the premises from a mortgagee that it was not bound by a variation to the lease reducing the rent as the mortgagee had not consented to the lease. The High Court held that the new owner, having elected to take the premises subject to the existing lease, was bound by the lease as varied.
SMITH V DE THIERRY [2022] NZCCLR 20; [2022]NZHC 237
Acting for a party in a partnership dispute seeking injunctive relief and return of misappropriated property.
DIVER V LOKTRONIC INDUSTRIES LTD [2012] NZSC 60;[2012] 2 NZLR 388; [2012] NZCA 131
Acting for a manufacturer in appealing a High Court decision finding inducement of breach of contract and other economic torts.
BRKIC V WHITE [2021] NZFLR 840; [2021]NZCA 670
Appeal concerning whether powers granted to a settlor of a trust were so extensive as to amount to ownership of the trust’s assets entitling a creditor to a charge over the trust’s land.
MANGAWHAI DEVELOPMENTS LTD (IN REC)V ROLLS [2011] BCL 829
Acting for the receiver of a development company seeking specific performance of a multitude of sale and purchase agreements. The purchasers sought cancellation of their agreements based on alleged misrepresentations and breaches of warranty.
DALTON V AVANTI FINANCE LTD [2020] NZCCLR 27;[2020] NZHC 1020
Acting for a finance company in defending a claim by a liquidator alleging that debt factoring transactions were at an undervalue.
SB PROPERTIES V HOLDGATE (2009) 10 NZCPR 395; [2011] 1 NZLR 633; [2009] NZCA 327
Appeal concerning whether s 11 of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979 imposed a burden on the assignee of a contract and, if so, to what extent.
WHITE V BRKIC [2019] NZCA 51
Acting for trustees of an estate in defending a proceeding brought by the aero club for declarations that it had a license to use the estate land as an airstrip.
MASON V LEWIS [2006] 3 NZLR 225; (2006) 9 NZCLC 264,024; (2004) 2 NZCCLR 236
Acting for trustees of an estate in defending a proceeding brought by the aero club for declarations that it had a license to use the estate land as an airstrip.
ANNIE ENTERPRISES LTD V CHO (2018) 20 NZCPR 245 ;[2018] NZHC 2962y
Acting for trustees of an estate in defending a proceeding brought by the aero club for declarations that it had a license to use the estate land as an airstrip.
RODNEY AERO CLUB V MOORE [1998] 2 NZLR 192
Acting for trustees of an estate in defending a proceeding brought by the aero club for declarations that it had a license to use the estate land as an airstrip.
CALIBRE FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD V MORTGAGE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES (CALIBRE) LTD [2014] NZAR 483 ; [2013] NZCA 503
Acting for a finance company in appealing a High Court decision refusing an order of indemnity from a mortgage manager for enforcement expenses incurred in a securitised lending scheme.