30 Aug 2013
THOMPSON v THOMPSON [2013] NZHC 2001
- Citation
- [2013] NZHC 2001
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that the RoT payment constituted property but was predominantly payment for the husband's personal goodwill (separate property) and not relationship property under s 8; however a portion attributable to past performance and not merely forward‑looking compensation should be treated as relationship property under s 9(4) and quantified by further evidence; the 1984 transfer of shares to the MLT Trust did not defeat any preexisting right to the $8m payment for the appellant so s 44C does not apply