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The framework in the bill does not cover contractors, but the government has indicated that work will begin shortly on proposals to incorporate contractors into FPAs in the future
The laws of the land should come at the end of the political process, not at the beginning. The vexed question of Crown/Māori co-governance, with all of its profound constitutional implications, is opening up deep ...
There are a lot of lawyers spending a lot of time looking very carefully at whether people were unjustifiably dismissed. Especially where there is a health and safety policy in place rather than a mandate
As the controversial Mainzeal case on the scope of directors’ duties awaits a decision by the Supreme Court, officers of incorporated societies have been warned they may face a similar fate to the Mainzeal ...
As cliché as it might sound, the beauty of working in-house is that no two days are the same.
The disruption of the covid pandemic will continue to have major implications for the work of courtrooms. Parliament is considering the Covid-19 Response (Courts Safety) Legislation Bill, which amends several acts ...
LawNews spoke to five practitioners who’ve built thriving practices by focusing on the areas of the law that matter most to them. Here are their stories.
Sociologist Paul Spoonley tells us that some of the messages coming through at the Parliament occupation reflected a growth of extremism that has been developing for some years.
Implementing transitional arrangements is consistent with the principle that legislation can be applied retrospectively if it is entirely to the benefit of those affected
Not all trustee-debtor expenses or liabilities fall within the section
The commission highlighted planning laws and their implementation by local councils as limiting the availability of land
The costs associated with establishing a private charity previously made this kind of long-term giving feasible only for the wealthiest of philanthropists
Above all, the legislation must recognise this is a unique situation and must not create a precedent that enables other actions outside the UN system
It showed us that things we thought were absolutely unchangeable in the system – that were absolutely concreted into the system – can change if all the participants work together
These anti-authority, conspiratorial views have been around in New Zealand for some time within the anti-1080, anti-5G and anti-UN movements
The court in Legler approved a pathway that enabled a human trustee to become the sole director of a corporate trustee who could take the assets for himself while in Brkic the court said the pathway proposed in ...
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