The Consumer Law Reform Bill was passed into law in early December 2013 and sees the implementation of the most significant modernisation of consumer law in New Zealand for decades. The Bill has resulted in amendments to the Fair Trading Act 1986 and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. The changes […] Read More›
Given the level of liquidations that are occurring at present the question of liquidators powers is an issue where we are regularly providing advice to clients. One particular power of liquidators is the power under section 261 of the Companies Act 1993 to require production of various company documents. […] Read More›
The Court of Appeal in February 2014 ordered the rectification of a Contract for the sale of land when a section of land was left out of the Contract when clearly it was intended to be included in the sale. This was an unusual situation where an elderly couple sold […] Read More›
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has recently released the first set of comprehensive guidelines for employers and employees aimed at preventing, as well as responding to, workplace bullying. Employers in particular need to ensure that they adequately address workplace bullying or they face possible breaches of legislation such […] Read More›