March 2015 . . .Continuing a trend of toughening up on bad employers, the Government last week announced significant new measures aimed at ensuring that all employees receive...
February 2015 . . .The KiwiSaver savings scheme has two special features which have been assisting first home buyers. These are: a) KiwiSaver First Home...
This article appeared in the Otago Daily Times in February 2015. In the case of small or closely held companies it is not uncommon to see people treating...
December 2014 . . . Recent media publicity has suggested that sports people are, unjustly, more likely to be discharged without conviction when they come before the Court on...
November 2014 . . . David Robinson delivered a well received paper at the Conference held by the Otago and Southland branches of the New Zealand Law Society. His topic,...
November 2014 . . . In this Lawtalk article David Robinson examines the current privilege against self- incrimination, notes the proposed abolition of the privilege under the...
November 2014 . . . When things go wrong between employers and employees, it might be tempting to go out guns blazing and aim for a showdown in Court. However, when the actual and...
September 2014 . . . The High Court has declared that a former shareholder cannot be prevented from competing with a company’s business forever. This case concerned the...
August 2014. . . At what point does “sharp practice” in commercial transactions cross the line and become unlawful activity? That was question the Court of Appeal...
July 2014 . . . We all need to keep an eye on the bottom line; Mrs S learnt that that hard way in the Family Court. When Mr W and Mrs S’s 20 year relationship ended, Mrs S...
June 2014... Some businesses tend to take a fairly relaxed approach to having property documented employment agreements, despite the fact that it is a breach of the Employment...
May 2014... The High Court has declared that a bankrupt’s KiwiSaver account can be made available for distribution to creditors, but only after the bankrupt qualifies...
April 2014... The recent action by the Commerce Commission against Carter Holt Harvey is a useful reminder for all businesses (and also managers in those businesses) of the...
March 2014... In the current financial market, emerging businesses can face an up hill battle to secure new capital to finance their growth aspirations. The problem for these...
February 2014... Commercial contracts are a part of every-day life for all businesses and they can of course vary in scope, complexity and value depending on the subject matter....
December 2013... The celebrated biker jean. Fashion conscious readers will know what I am talking about. For those that missed this 90’s fashion trend, “biker...
November 2013... My last article commented on the Consumer Law Reform Bill and the proposal to prohibit the use of “unfair contract terms” in standard form consumer...
October 2013... The Consumer Law Reform Bill is before Parliament awaiting its third reading and it is proposed that the Bill will be enacted before the end of this year. The...
September 2013... A New Zealand business that manufactured and supplied goods to an overseas purchaser has been found to have made a costly mistake in its treatment of GST. The...
August 2013... In an earlier column I discussed the legal stoush between two operators in the Auckland drive through coffee business, Muzz Buzz (the plaintiff) and Jitta Buzz...
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