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You may be at risk if you’re in business and using a standard form of contract, you supply goods or services to non business customers or you supply certain goods or services to business customers. Read more

These contract tips may clear up some common misunderstandings or confusion. Read more

This Blog isn't legal advice – if you need legal advice on any employment law issue or any other business law or commercial law issue, please contact me. I'm a business lawyer (commercial lawyer) who… Read more

Agencies who provide labour to Clients, and Clients who hire labour from Agencies, should understand important changes to employment law that may have consequences for them. Read more

Some thoughts on contractual clauses to resolve disputes. Read more

This recent Employment Court case sounds a warning for employers who have ignored changes in employment law. It concerned an availability provision. Read more

This blog focuses only on the extent to which individual employment agreements will be affected by important changes that will take effect from 6th May 2019. Read more

In a recent case (McKenna v New Zealand Automobile Association), an employee was alleged to have made a number of processing errors. The employer viewed this as misconduct and ultimately terminated… Read more

Especially due to changes in the law that come into force in May 2019, it's crucial to understand the difference between trial periods and probationary periods. Read more

An employee who was found to have been unjustifiably dismissed came out on the wrong side of things for having misappropriated her employer's confidential information (this was unrelated to the reason… Read more