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Phishing for payment: How Team New Zealand was scammed

Hackers often try to scam entities making international payments by impersonating one, or both, parties to the payment.

Requirements for international yachts and crew entering New Zealand

While New Zealand’s sea borders are currently closed to most foreign Flagged vessels, a number of pleasure craft and super yachts in the Pacific are hoping to enter New Zealand in time for the Ameri...

04.12.2020 Posted in Maritime Law

Class Actions – Supreme Court rules it’s “opt-out”, Law Commission Issues Paper imminent

Following the Supreme Court decision in Southern Response v Ross [2020] NZSC 126 the Law Commission is now set to release its Issues Paper on Class Actions and Litigation Funding on 4 December 2020. ...

03.12.2020 Posted in Insurance Law & Litigation & Dispute Resolution

The Commerce Commission is set to undertake a market study into the Retail Grocery Sector

On 17 November 2020 the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs announced a market study into the retail grocery sector through the Commerce Commission under Part 3A of the Commerce Act 1986 (Act).�...

23.11.2020 Posted in Business Advice & Regulatory & Trade and Commodities

Court of Appeal cuts fine for Steel & Tube’s breaches of the Fair Trading Act

The Court of Appeal in Commerce Commission v Steel & Tube Holdings Limited [2020] NZCA 549 has set aside last year’s High Court decision under the Fair Trading Act 1986 (FTA) where it imposed a ...

23.11.2020 Posted in Business Advice & Litigation & Dispute Resolution

My way or the highway: repudiation, cancellation and dispute resolution clauses

In Jade Residential Ltd v Paul, the Court of Appeal reviewed two issues which may arise in contractual disputes: The right to cancel a contract for “partial” repudiation; and Whether an aggrieved...

19.11.2020 Posted in Construction Law & Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Making up the shortfall: Subcontractor awarded an interim injunction requiring head contractor to hold its retentions in a separate trust account

In a recent High Court decision,[1] Hanlon Plumbing Limited (Hanlon) successfully obtained an interim injunction on a without notice basis requiring Downey Construction Limited (Downey) to pay retenti...

16.11.2020 Posted in Construction Law

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