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S 235(b) Crimes Act 1961 - sentencing – aggravated robbery - sentence indication – pre-sentence report – personal circumstances – rehabilitation – Zhang v R [2019] NZCA 507 – Carr v R [2020] NZCA 357 – home ...
Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 – Fair Trading Act 1986 – claims against vendor for misrepresentation and common mistake relating to building’s seismic report – claims by defendant and third party engineering ...
Sentencing Act 2002 – s 106 – appeal against conviction and sentence out of time on basis appellant should have been discharged without conviction due to the immigration consequences of convictions (liability for ...
Criminal Procedure Act 2011 – successful appeal against conviction – careless driving causing injury – error or irregularity causing miscarriage of justice – conviction based on preference for prosecution’s account ...
Statutory demand - s 290 of the Companies Act 1993, setting aside of statutory demand - s 290(4) (a) substantial dispute regarding debt - sham transaction - s 290(4) (b) counterclaim, set-of, cross demand - ...
Important “purchase price allocation” (PPA) income tax rules come into effect from 1 July 2021. PPA can have a significant impact on a party’s tax position, so it is critical that advisers are aware of the changes ...
I want to come back to the question I asked: does the adversarial system serve us well? You might think that my discussion so far has been somewhat conservative and Eurocentric. After all, I’ve talked about only ...
Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 – application for sale orders – motor vehicles – depreciating assets – sentimental value of vehicle to respondents – delay in bringing application – innocent third party ...
Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 – application for sale orders – motor vehicles – depreciating assets – sentimental value of vehicle to respondents – delay in bringing application – innocent third party ...
Indemnity costs awarded to interested party – High Court Rules 2016, r 14.6(4)(a),(d) and (f) – charging and sale order obtained over property in which debtor had no beneficial interest –
New World (New ...
Manslaughter – sentencing – Crimes Act 1961 ss 158 and 171 – fright-response – youth discount – Dickey v R [2023] NZCA 2 – s 27 cultural report – remorse
The King v Joniero Joe Irving [2023] NZHC 946
Joniero ...
Criminal Procedure Act 2011 s 146 – application for withdrawal of charges – application by the Crown to remove charges – application denied – defendant wanting to dismiss charges not withdraw – leave reserved for ...
Inland Revenue last week released a long-expected report on its high-wealth individuals research project, which states that the median effective tax rate (ETR) for a high-wealth New Zealand family on its “economic ...
PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited v Routhan [2023] NZCA 123 (Gilbert, Mallon and Wylie JJ)
Reasons delivered by Gilbert J
Appeal against High Court measure of damages – cross-appeal against High Court ...
Land Transport Act 1998, s 7 & 35 – dangerous driving – appeal against conviction – appellant threatened to damage complainant’s vehicle before reversing towards it, stopping when complainant stepped in between ...
Buy-now-pay-later [BNPL] lenders are staring down the barrel of regulation as vulnerable consumers get badly into debt. According to credit reporting bureau Centrix, BNPL arrears sat at 9.2% in February.
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