20 Nov 2015
FERREIRA v STOCKINGER [2015] NZHC 2916
- Citation
- [2015] NZHC 2916
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiff's causes of action were dismissed because he failed to prove equitable estoppel or unconscionable conduct as pleaded: the alleged advances were either corporate in nature (recoverable, if at all, by indemnity or money-lent/money-paid claims) or occurred outside New Zealand raising jurisdictional issues; he failed to pierce corporate personality; conversion claims were inadequately pleaded and lacked proof of immediate right to possession and causation; Property (Relationships) Act relief was inappropriate because claimed amounts were advances expected to be repaid rather than qualif…