The Government has introduced a Bill which proposes to amend the current legislation. The Building (Earthquake-prone Buildings) Amendment Bill proposes to amend the Building Act 2004 to give effect to reforms announced in August 2013 to improve the system for managing earthquake prone buildings. Regardless of the final form this […] Read More›
The New Zealand High Court has recently confirmed that improper use of Googles AdWords service can constitute an infringement of trademarks and also misleading and deceptive conduct under the Fair Trading Act. In the case in question Naked Bus had utilised certain AdWords using the words “Intercity” and variants of […] Read More›
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›
Given the level of liquidations that are occurring at present the question of liquidators powers is an issue where we are regularly providing advice to clients. One particular power of liquidators is the power under section 261 of the Companies Act 1993 to require production of various company documents. […] Read More›