January 2018 . . . A recent Employment Relations Authority decision highlights why employers need to make sure that their employment agreements name the correct legal...
Summary A recent Employment Court decision has potentially significant implications for companies that use workers from labour hire companies. In Prasad and Tulai v LSG Sky...
Global attention is gathering apace on blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin and Ethereum) as part of the latest wave of financial technology innovation and...
In the recent High Court decision Saddik v University of Auckland the University’s refusal to extend a kebab shop owner’s lease at the University food court has brought...
September 2017 . . . Health and safety was back in the spotlight again last week with the first sentencing decision under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, followed just days...
Health and safety was back in the spotlight again last week, with the first sentencing decision under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, followed just days later by an...
In my last article I wrote about cheese. In this article I am shifting my focus to one of cheese’s good friends, wine. In the wine industry considerable importance is placed...
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has recently released a guide to annual holidays under the Holidays Act 2003. This free resource is available here...
A decision of the Christchurch High Court caught my eye recently because it concerned something I am very fond of. Cheese. Over $90,000 of imported cheese. To my mind, a commercial...
McLaren v McLaren: family trusts continued Family trust disputes are providing a good source of interesting cases at the moment – unfortunately they do of course come at...
Over the next few years we are likely to see some significant pay equity claims and settlements which will affect a large number of employers and employees, both union and...
Having passed its first reading and now at the Select Committee stage, a new Bill proposing to enhance legal protections for victims of domestic violence would see changes made to...
In March the Supreme Court released a decision concerning a beneficiary’s entitlement to access information about a trust that they are a beneficiary of. The case involved...
The government has recently announced that from 1 April the minimum wage will be increasing by 50c, from $15.25 per hour to $15.75 per hour. The starting-out and training...
This article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, December 2016. This article deals with recent changes to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA) in relation to...
This article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, November 2016. The High Court has recently overturned the decision of The Charities Registration Board not to grant charitable...
This article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, October 2016. In last month’s article David Smillie looked at exclusions under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013...
This article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, August 2016. It has been around 3 years since the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 (FMCA) was passed and it has been welcomed...
August 2016 . . . Methamphetamine is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. It is commonly referred to as Meth, Crystal Meth, Ice or P. The process of...
August 2016 . . . Methamphetamine is a Class A controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. It is commonly referred to as Meth, Crystal Meth, Ice or P. The process of...
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