A recent decision of the Human Rights Review Tribunal should serve as a warning to employers with respect to disclosure of what is treated as confidential information by the Employment Relations Authority. The case of Waters v Alpine Energy Ltd came before the Human Rights Tribunal earlier this year and […] Read More›
The High Court has recently given a salutary reminder to Trustees of their obligations to promptly report and inform beneficiaries for specific trusts of the financial information relating to the Trusts affairs. In this case the applicants’ children were residual beneficiaries in an estate where there was a life interest […] Read More›
The Government has introduced a Bill which proposes to amend the current legislation. The Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill proposes to amend the Building Act 2004 to give effect to reforms announced in August 2013 to improve the system for managing earthquake prone buildings. Regardless of the final form this […] Read More›
The New Zealand High Court has recently confirmed that improper use of Googles AdWords service can constitute an infringement of trademarks and also misleading and deceptive conduct under the Fair Trading Act. In the case in question Naked Bus had utilised certain AdWords using the words “Intercity” and variants of […] Read More›