20 Jun 2022
DONGLIN DENG v LU ZHENG [2022] NZSC 76
- Citation
- [2022] 1 NZLR 151
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal, upholding the Court of Appeal: contemporaneous internal accounts, the 31 March 2010 reconciliation, the Bella Vista materials and the mutually negotiated Principles in Separation collectively proved that Messrs Zheng and Deng carried on a business in common with a view to profit (a partnership) despite the use of corporate vehicles; company shareholdings and formalities did not preclude the partnership; the matter should proceed to accounting as previously remitted; cultural and translation issues are relevant but did not alter the dispositive documenta…