Following the tragedy at the Pike River Mine, the Health and Safety Reform Bill has now been introduced to Parliament. If passed, the Bill will see changes to the current legalisation, which aims at ensuring the health and safety of workers. The proposed Act introduces the broad concept of a […] Read More›
Corporate & Business
The Consumer Law Reform Bill was passed into law in early December 2013 and sees the implementation of the most significant modernisation of consumer law in New Zealand for decades. The Bill has resulted in amendments to the Fair Trading Act 1986 and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993. The changes […] Read More›
A recent decision of the High Court has highlighted the risks to parties taking action that interferes with contractual arrangements between other parties. In the case in question a Franchisor and Franchisee had entered into a contractual arrangement to effectively transfer the franchise business back to the Franchisor. Problems started […] Read More›
Having terms and conditions of trade in place is an important part of your business structure. What are terms and conditions of trade? Whether a business is a supplier of services or products the terms of trade are the terms upon which a customer will be bound when dealing with […] Read More›