29 Jul 2016
SCOTT v WILLIAMS [2016] NZCA 356
- Citation
- [2016] NZCA 356
- Court
- Court of Appeal
Sale of the Remuera properties was appropriate to avoid an unequal passive windfall and because market testing was required given valuation uncertainty; the law practice interest valuation is reduced to $300,000 using a multiple of two owing to the small two-partner suburban conveyancing practice and attendant risks; super profits awarded for separation-to-hearing years are relationship property and neutral to the s 15 threshold and should not be deducted from s 15 quantum; applying a broad‑brush X v X approach a 10‑year compensatory term produces a just s 15 award of NZD 470,000; enhancement…