The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak represents one of the most significant global public health crises in the last 100 years. The uncertainty and disruption caused by the pandemic has raised a number of challenges for businesses. Buddle Findlay have looked at some of the many issues businesses are facing and have provided a resource to help you navigate some of the challenges that may lie ahead.
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Buddle Findlay is committed to doing everything possible to minimise the impact of COVID-19 in New Zealand, on our communities in general, and on our public health system. Buddle Findlay remains fully operational and our teams are ready and available to assist you as needed. We are closely monitoring the situation to adapt our arrangements as the situation evolves. We are aware that many businesses are facing unprecedented challenges and we are here to support you and your organisation. If you require any assistance or advice, please contact a member of our team.
Banking and finance
10/08/20 - COVID-19 response: regulatory and other financial relief/extensions
17/03/20 - Black Swan Events, COVID-19 and the Debt Markets
Competition and antitrust
11/05/20 - Collaborating with competitors during COVID-19: is Commerce Commission authorisation required?
01/04/20 - COVID-19: do competition and consumer laws still apply?
Corporate and commercial
22/05/20 - Surviving the COVID-19 hangover - the SME guide to a post lockdown warrant of fitness
18/05/20 - Life after lockdown – Ten contract trends to watch for
24/04/20 - Capital raising in the time of COVID-19
08/04/20 - Procurement in a pandemic – top tips for tricky issues
04/04/20 - Proposed insolvency (and other) relief for businesses impacted by COVID-19
24/03/20 - COVID-19 - managing commercial contracts
23/03/20 - Deals in the time of COVID-19
19/03/20 - COVID-19 - frustrating for contracts
17/03/20 - What we're seeing - business response to COVID-19
Employment
27/11/20 - Hosting safe work Christmas parties, including during COVID-19!
04/09/20 - COVID-19 health and safety – to mask or not to mask
06/08/20 - Authority decides first lockdown cases
30/07/20 - Employers increasing vigilance for trade secret and restraint breaches
16/07/20 - Positioning your workforce for post Covid success
16/07/20 - Managing health and safety in the post Covid workplace
15/05/20 - Wage subsidy extension for employers announced as part of the 2020 Budget
24/04/20 - COVID-19: Life after lockdown – important information for businesses ahead of Alert Level 3
09/04/20 - COVID-19 employment legal update for 'essential businesses' (and those wanting to be)
23/03/20 - The good employer’s guide to working from home
19/03/20 - Government support package and the impacts of Government directives on workplaces
18/03/20 - COVID-19 and privacy law - what can employers ask and tell?
17/03/20 - Coronavirus and the workplace
09/04/20 - Unprecedented times - How good faith, reasonableness and common sense get you through
Intellectual property
26/06/20 - Businesses and their brands in the time of Covid and beyond
Litigation and dispute resolution
20/04/20 - Modification orders ease restrictions on electronic signing
26/03/20 - Responding to COVID-19: operation of the court system
Property and construction
17/12/20 - The construction sector: Life after COVID-19
16/04/20 - Proposed changes to the Property Law Act 2007 – Property Law Act notices and termination of leases
25/03/20 - COVID-19 coronavirus: working from home? Employers still have obligations to you
Public law and health
20/08/20 - Responding to COVID-19: The High Court on the legality of the lockdown
25/06/20 - Responding to COVID-19: New rules for new arrivals into New Zealand
09/06/20 - The Government's COVID-19 response: Alert Level 1 – we made it!
29/05/20 - Overseas investment changes: another facet of the COVID-19 response
14/05/20 - The Government's COVID-19 response: A new law for Alert Level 2
28/04/20 - Responding to COVID-19: What Alert Level 3 means for businesses and individuals
15/04/20 - Responding to COVID-19: The isolation and quarantine rules for new arrivals
06/04/20 - Responding to COVID-19: A further Health Act order clarifies the lockdown rules
02/04/20 - Responding to COVID-19: Moving New Zealand to Alert Level 4 and beyond
24/03/20 - Responding to COVID-19: the issue of an epidemic notice under the Epidemic Preparedness Act 2006
20/03/20 - Responding to COVID-19: the Government's legal powers
Restructuring and insolvency
11/06/20 - Legal update on insolvency law: COVID-19 special
11/05/20 - COVID-19 – Recently announced insolvency law changes
RMA
19/06/20 - COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill
17/06/20 - Submissions due on the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill
20/05/20 - Update on COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill Cabinet paper
14/05/20 - Cabinet paper released on COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill
05/05/20 - COVID-19 Recovery (Fast Track Consenting) Bill being drafted
23/04/20 - COVID-19 Lockdown – summary of changes to RMA/LGA administration
17/04/20 - COVID-19: economic recovery, infrastructure and the RMA
Tax
01/05/20 - COVID-19 tax relief measures passed under urgency
16/04/20 - COVID-19: Significant tax changes proposed