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22 May 2013
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Neil Russ, 21 May 2013
Resolving tax disputes is an expensive and time consuming process for businesses. In New Zealand, tax disputes are currently settled exclusively by litigation or outside of court by agreement between the taxpayer and the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) …
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Paul Beverley, Patrick Mulligan, Kerry Smith, Rachel Dunningham, Jennifer Caldwell, David Allen and Cedric Carranceja, 17 May 2013
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David Thomson, 15 May 2013
The first article in this series discussed the main types of preliminary agreements, including the pros and cons of investing time in signing a preliminary agreement. This second article sets out some drafting tips that will be useful when preparing …
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David Thomson, 08 May 2013
Anyone who has worked on the early stages of a commercial deal is likely to have come across a 'preliminary agreement' in one of its many guises. Lawyers use a myriad of names for preliminary agreements, and while the name of the document itself is …
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Peter Chemis, Hamish Kynaston, Kerry Smith, Sherridan Cook, Alastair Sherriff, Susan Rowe, Andrea Pazin, Joss Opie, Kate Ashcroft and Nicola Ridder, 07 May 2013
The much anticipated Bill amending the Employment Relations Act 2000 (Act) was introduced into Parliament on 26 April 2013. The Bill's machinery implements the Government's changes announced last year but some of it may have more far-reaching …
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Adam Jackson, Sacha Judd, Shane Johnstone, Chris Holland and Lara Wood, 03 May 2013
On 22 April 2013 the Minister of Commerce, the Hon Craig Foss, publicly released what are likely to be the final changes to the Financial Markets Conduct Bill (FMC Bill). These are in the form of a Supplementary Order Paper (SOP), which will be tabled …
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Graeme Hall, Laura O'Gorman, Sherridan Cook, Scott Barker, Willie Palmer, Anita Birkinshaw, Kirsten Windmeyer, David Broadmore, Peter Niven, Seb Bisley, Kelly Paterson and Susan Rowe, 01 May 2013
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Adam Jackson, Sacha Judd, Frank Porter, Mark Russell, Nick Crang, Ian Stewart, Chris Holland and Lara Wood, 30 April 2013
The Government has signalled that the wave of law reform activity that occurred in 2012 will continue in 2013, and Buddle Findlay will continue to keep market participants abreast of these developments. In this update we summarise the outcome of a …
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Peter Chemis, Hamish Kynaston, Kerry Smith, Sherridan Cook, Alastair Sherriff, Andrea Pazin, Joss Opie, Nicola Ridder, Kate Ashcroft and Susan Rowe, 23 April 2013
In another significant change to redundancy law, last month the Employment Court ruled that it can scrutinise an employer's decision to make an employee redundant to ascertain whether there were sufficient business reasons for the redundancy …
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Adam Jackson, Sacha Judd, Chris Holland and Lara Wood, 22 April 2013
The Minister of Commerce, the Hon Craig Foss, has released what are likely to be the final set of changes to the Financial Markets Conduct Bill before it becomes law …
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16 April 2013
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Allan Yeoman, 16 April 2013
For many CTOs, CEOs and in-house lawyers, the use of open source software (OSS) in their organisations has long been put in the too‑hard basket. The risks (real or perceived) of inadvertently tainting proprietary code with the fuzzy, permissive terms …
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John Buchan, Mark Odlin, Willie Palmer, Sherridan Cook, Graeme Hall, Daniel Kelleher, Dominic Lundon, Peter Owles, Steve Nightingale, Charlotte von Dadelszen, Stephen Whittington, Mel Easton, Bassam Maghzal and Barbara Saegers, 11 April 2013
In January of this year, Parliament introduced a Bill to update and amend the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (the Act). Among the proposed changes are several that may have a significant impact on the construction industry, though in many ways the …
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Simon Jensen, Gene Turner and Peter Owles, 08 April 2013
After 15 years of working on its Open Bank Resolution (OBR) Policy, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) finally released its draft policy for consultation entitled "Open Bank Resolution Prepositioning Requirements Policy" on 14 March 2013 …
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Paul Beverley, Charlotte von Dadelszen, David Allen, Kirsten Hagan, David Randal and Lloyd Davies, 04 April 2013
Yesterday the Minister and Associate Minister of Māori Affairs announced five key proposals to unlock the economic potential of Māori land while maintaining the cornerstone principle of Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993 (land retention) …
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Charlotte von Dadelszen, Stephen Whittington, John Buchan, Mark Odlin, Daniel Kelleher and Dominic Lundon, 02 April 2013
Consultation has recently closed on a document by Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation (MBIE) on building seismic performance in New Zealand. The feedback is timed to assist the government's response to the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal …
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David Perry, Scott Barker, Laura O'Gorman, Michael Dineen, Willie Palmer, Gene Turner, Jan Etwell, Scott Abel, Susan Rowe, David Broadmore, Myles O'Brien, Kelly Paterson, Seb Bisley and Peter Niven, 02 April 2013
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Adam Jackson, Sacha Judd, Frank Porter, Mark Russell, Nick Crang, Ian Stewart, Chris Holland and Lara Wood, 27 March 2013
The Government has signalled that the wave of law reform activity that occurred in 2012 will continue in 2013, and Buddle Findlay will continue to keep market participants abreast of these developments …
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Peter Chemis, Hamish Kynaston, Kerry Smith, Sherridan Cook, Alastair Sherriff, Andrea Pazin, Susan Rowe, Joss Opie, Kate Ashcroft and Nicola Ridder, 26 March 2013
New Zealand is currently undergoing the most significant review of its health and safety regime for 20 years. New Zealand workplace injury rates are twice as high as rates in Australia and six times higher than those in the UK …
