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As an employment lawyer in Auckland, new employment law, and employment law cases, seem to be never ending. In relation to the HSWA, it’s quite possible that it will create anxiety for low risk, small… Read more

Important changes are in the wind under the guise of an Employment Standards Bill and a Parental Leave Act Amendment Bill, both of which have been passed into legislation, to be effective from 1st… Read more

Some basic matter which employers may have to deal with for Christmas may include right of annual leave, statutory entitlement...... Read more

Registering a name or logo as a trade mark is one of the best things that you can do to protect the name or logo. You can do this yourself but in all honesty, it is generally best to use a lawyer to… Read more

Every year, a number of shareholder disputes are referred to me as a company lawyer in Auckland or I’m asked to prepare shareholder agreements...... Read more

As a company lawyer in Auckland, my view is that accountants can have an important role in encouraging shareholders to take security for advances that they will make to their company over time. Often,… Read more

A Heads of Agreement is often used ignorantly as a short cut, second rate contract document, to get an immediately binding agreement, the assumption being that the parties will be able to fill in any… Read more

A Heads of Agreement is often used ignorantly as a short cut document, to get an immediately binding agreement, the assumption being that the parties will be able to fill in any detail later, by… Read more

This update on important changes to consumer laws that will affect many businesses in relation to the contracts with business and non business customers Read more

In Marac v Greer, the CA confirmed that a mortgagee of land had priority over a secured party under a General Secrutiy Agreement for land rental. This involved a consideration of the relationship… Read more