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...
November 2014 . . . Trade marks which are not being used may be cancelled and removed from the trade marks register. A recent High Court decision involving the clothes label...
October 2014 . . . In this LawTalk article Gallaway Cook Allan Partner Phil Page talks about life as an Environmental Law...
Gallaway Cook Allan and Polson Higgs invite you to: A complimentary employment law and human resources update. This session is aimed at trustees and managers of...
September 2014 . . . If you are buying “off the plan” – an increasingly popular option for house and apartment buyers – you will often be signing up to...
September 2014 . . . A childcare centre manager was justifiably dismissed after liking derogatory comments about her employer on Facebook. Rachel Blylevens was being...
September 2014. . . In the last couple of years we have seen some major shifts in redundancy case law. It is now more difficult to make staff redundant, and employers are...
September 2014 . . . A former farm manager recently had his $43,000 victory in the Employment Relations Authority overturned on appeal by the Employment Court. The...
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...
August 2014. . . A recent High Court decision has highlighted the Court’s ability to stay Court proceedings where some, but not all parties to the Court action are also...
August 2014. . .If you are contemplating registering an organisation as a charity you should give careful consideration to your organisation’s main purposes. These...
July 2014 . . . We recently wrote about the Environment Court decision in Haldon Station v Mackenzie District Council confirming that centre pivots and linear irrigators are...
We have all seen the incident where the streaker at the All Blacks – England match gets “owned” by the security guard. It was a pretty decent hit on a guy...
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...
July 2014 . . . Responding in part to calls from rural employers, the government has changed the law to allow a fortnightly minimum wage calculation. This change took...
June 2014 . . . According to the Environment Court…No, a Centre Pivot is not a building, but a vehicle. In its decision released on Friday, the Environment Court found...
June 2014...The “leaky home” crisis has been a familiar feature in the media for the last decade. The crisis was brought on by a combination of deficient designs,...
June 2014 . . . In a decision released late last month the Employment Relations Authority told Carter Holt Harvey that it had to compensate 76 employees who were required to...
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