The Court of Appeal has recently given some directions which are helpful for trustees and beneficiaries to have more clarity with regard to Memoranda of Wishes which are often prepared for settlors and trustees. The Court has made it very clear that settlors are entitled to express their wishes for […] Read More›
Many employers are not yet aware that the 2016 Employment Relations Amendment Act now provide that clauses in employment contracts that prevent employees from being involved in secondary employment are only valid where the employer can show a genuine reason based on reasonable grounds to prevent employees taking up secondary […] Read More›
One of your employees comes into your office late on Friday afternoon and plonks themselves down in a chair on the other side of your desk. They look pretty fragile, and you get the sense you’re in for some bad news. They tell you that Johnny from accounting has been […] Read More›
We recently wrote a piece about how income from employment during a relationship is relationship property, and that this is an aspect of the policy that the fruits of a shared life should be shared equally. Well another aspect of NZ’s relationship property law is that it does not police […] Read More›