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Employee of the Month? The Supreme Court Makes a Call

The highest Court in New Zealand, the Supreme Court, has delivered its judgment finding that four Uber drivers are employees of the rideshare giant under section 6 of the Employment Relations Act 2000...

25.11.2025 Posted in Employment

Director Residential Address Protection – Bill is passed into law

Last week, the Companies (Address Information) Amendment Act 2025 (the Act) was enacted. The Act permits directors who have serious concerns about the disclosure of their residential address to elec...

24.11.2025 Posted in Corporate & Commercial

Business Succession Planning – Shareholder Agreements What have you and your co-investors agreed?

A successful exit from a business can be, and often is, affected by the steps you take when setting up the business. Although there are various business structures that can be used in New Zealand, by ...

06.11.2025 Posted in Corporate & Commercial & Private Wealth

Post-Employment Obligations – Worth the Paper They Are Written On?

“Gone are the days … when an employee could confidently sign up to a restraint and then breach it in the bold expectation that ‘those things are not worth the paper they are written on’”.[1]...

22.10.2025 Posted in Employment

Proportionate Liability – the Next Evolution?

The current line of authorities establishing the ability for building owners to be able to claim in negligence for the cost of rectifying defects can be traced to the Court of Appeal’s (COA) judgmen...

17.10.2025 Posted in Construction & Insurance

New Zealand’s Resource Management Reform: Understanding the 2025 Amendment Act’s Transformative Changes to Fines and Insurance Coverage

Introduction The resource management landscape in New Zealand has undergone a seismic shift with the recent passage of the Resource Management (Consenting and Other System Changes) Amendment Act 2025,...

10.09.2025 Posted in Regulatory

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Pay secrecy no more – what you need to know about the most recent employment law change

Conversations about what employees earn are no longer prohibited or required to be shrouded in secrecy. The Employment Relations (Employee Remuneration Disclosure) Amendment Bill came into force on 27...

29.08.2025 Posted in Employment

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