Archive for November, 2011

Vestar legal case – email to Cornwell case participants

By VoV  |  Vestar Legal Action  |  Tuesday 29th November 2011

Barry Keon emailed a status report to all participants in the Cornwell v Syms Purvis Curtin and Perris case yesterday. The email went into a little more detail than yesterday’s article on VoV.

If you are a participant and have not yet received your email, please check your spam folder.

If you have recently changed email addresses and forgotten to update us, please email your updated details to both vern@vov.co.nz and bkeon@slingshot.co.nz.

Vestar legal case – Cornwell v Syms, Purvis, Curtin and Perris

By VoV  |  Vestar Legal Action  |  Monday 28th November 2011

After reviewing the Armitage v Church case, and the successful application by Bret Jackson and Kenneth Swain for summary judgement/strike out of the claims against them in the Luscombe v O’Sullivan, Syms, Purvis, Gaylard, Jackson, Swain, Curtin and Perris case, the following situation can be described. (more…)

Vestar legal case – Luscombe v O’Sullivan, Syms, Purvis, Gaylard, Jackson, Swain, Curtin and Perris

By VoV  |  Vestar Legal Action  |  Friday 25th November 2011

This is another of the Dennis King Law cases from New Plymouth. Karen Towt of Dennis King Law and barrister Susan Hughes were acting for Charles Luscombe, Dorothy Turner and Kathleen Whyte, being the executors named in the will of their mother, Winifred Luscombe. (more…)

Vestar legal case – Armitage v Church

By VoV  |  Vestar Legal Action  |  Thursday 24th November 2011

In a hearing in the High Court at Wellington earlier this year, Neil Armitage sued for losses arising from investments in failed finance companies.

He argued that his financial advisor, Mrs Carey Church of Moneyworks NZ Ltd, was amongst other things negligent in recommending he invest in finance companies that were riskier than appropriate. (more…)

Vestar legal case – important developments

By VoV  |  Vestar Legal Action  |  Wednesday 23rd November 2011

There have recently been some important developments in the Vestar legal case.

Over the course of the next week I will report on two important precedents and the implications for our case, then report on the status of our case.

Stay tuned for instalment number one tomorrow.