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Planning for and managing ICT project disputes webinar
In recent years there have been a number of high profile ICT project failures and disputes and reports suggest that ICT projects continue…
25 March 2022
COVID-19 employment update - mandatory vaccinations, flexible working and medical incapacity webinar
COVID-19 continues to change the way we do business and presents many unforeseen challenges for employers and employees. On 31 March 2…
1 April 2022
Buddle Findlay is proud to become an accredited living wage employer
Workers on the living wage are set to gain an extra 90 cents an hour from 1 September this year when the living wage increases to $23.65…
4 April 2022
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Retail Payment System Act 2022
The Retail Payment System Act 2022 (Act) establishes a new regulatory regime to govern New Zealand's retail payments system and entiti…
25 May 2022
Group climate statements - What's involved?
The Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 (Climate-related Disclosures Act) was enacted…
24 May 2022
Just admit it already New Zealand, we do have capital gains taxes
It is a common statement that New Zealand does not have capital gains tax (CGT). But that is a misleading statement. It is more accu…
18 May 2022
No waiver and no oral modification clauses - are they worth the paper they're written on?
In March we ran a webinar on ICT project failures. During the webinar we noted how, in almost every ICT project dispute we see, one o…
17 May 2022
Buddle Findlay certified carbonzero
Buddle Findlay is pleased to announce that the firm has been certified as net carbonzero for 2021, the third year in a row. Working w…
9 May 2022
Wholesale investor offers - not a 'free-for-all'
Market participants will have seen the recent Interim Stop Order issued by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) in connection with th…
14 April 2022
The Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010 Review
Current status On 1 October 2020, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (Reserve Bank) formally relaunched its review of the Insurance (Pru…
12 April 2022
MBIE releases its proposed changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Regulations 2004 and the Responsible Lending Code for consultation
On 6 April 2022, the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) released two exposure drafts in relation to its proposed ch…
11 April 2022
The Incorporated Societies Act 2022 - a long time coming
In response to a 2013 report published by the New Zealand Law Commission identifying numerous deficiencies with the Incorporated Socie…
4 April 2022