Lassnig v Zhou - [2025] 1 NZLR 439

Family and domestic relationships — Nuptial agreement — Family trust created — Trustees/beneficiaries lent money to selves as trustees in 4:1 ratio — Assets purchased with loans — Parties separated after three years of marriage — Whether increase in value of assets to be divided 50/50 or 80/20 — Whether loans contributions to trust funds — Family Proceedings Act 1980 s 182.

Trusts and trustees — Trust assets — Loans by trustees/beneficiaries to trustees in 4:1 ratio — Whether loans contributions to trust funds — Whether increase in value of assets to be divided 50/50 or 80/20.