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COVID-19 and the Future of Force Majeure

Not since Y2K have force majeure clauses been of so much focus.

Shareholder Agreements: The Corporate “Pre-nup”

You’ve got a great idea for a business and you’re pumped to get to work.

23.06.2020 Posted in Business Advice & Company Law

Wake Up Call for #Influencer Marketers

A recent decision by New Zealand’s Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) concerning a sponsored Instagram story posted by a well-recognised New Zealand personality, serves to remind all partie...

12.06.2020 Posted in Advertising Law

COVID-19: Weekly Construction Briefings

12 June 2020 New Zealand has moved into Alert Level 1 from 8 June 2020. While this means that life has largely returned to normal, as physical distancing and other restrictions have been removed, upd...

12.06.2020 Posted in Construction Law & COVID-19

Liquidated damages and penalty clauses: the last word on Honey Bees

The Supreme Court’s judgment in 127 Hobson Street Limited & Anor v Honey Bees Preschool Limited & Anor [2020] NZSC 53 confirms the test for determining when a clause in a contract designed t...

10.06.2020 Posted in Construction Law

COVID-19: OIO Urgent measures – Coming soon!

The Overseas Investment (Urgent Measures) Amendment Act 2020 (“Amendment Act”) was passed on 28 May 2020 and received Royal Assent on 2 June 2020. The majority of the Amendment Act will ...

10.06.2020 Posted in Business Advice & COVID-19 & Foreign Investment & Overseas Investment Act & Property Law

Retentions Regime: Government Announces Changes

On 27 May 2020 the Government announced several in-principle changes to strengthen the retentions regime (Regime) in the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (the CCA). Despite the Regime’s introduction ...

04.06.2020 Posted in Construction Law

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