Publications

We produce a range of articles, legal publications and resources on a wide range of legal subjects and hot topics critical to our clients needs. These include briefings on key legal issues, newsletters on practice areas and industry developments via the below headings.

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Video: Employment law - managing poor performance

Staff who are not performing within your organisation have a detrimental effect on the business, impacting on productivity and staff morale while taking up a significant amount of management time and effort. On the other hand, managing performance issues effectively and exiting underperforming More »

Privacy Act 2020 - Reporting tool and serious harm

As part of the build up to the Privacy Act 2020 coming in to force on 1 December, the Privacy Commissioner has launched an online tool to help assess whether a privacy breach is notifiable. One of the key elements of the Privacy Act 2020 is the need for organisations to notify the Commissioner and More »

Does COVID-19 change the way you restructure your business?

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on many businesses, some of which must now contemplate cost cutting measures in order to keep their business afloat. So, what do employers need to think about if they propose a restructure? Has COVID-19 changed the rules? The short answer is no. COVID-19 in itself is not More »

Health and safety update: doing business at Alert Levels 1 and 2

This article is an update on our March article dealing with the COVID-19 related requirements for businesses. A lot has changed in that time, but some of the basics remain. In this update we deal with the current COVID-19 requirements for businesses, those for employees, and the specific More »

Pathway to recovery from COVID-19: immigration policy updates

Offshore resident visa holders Changes have been made to enable New Zealand residents who are currently stuck offshore to maintain their residency while border restrictions remain. This means New Zealand residents who need to travel to New Zealand to activate their visa or those with visas whose More »

Supreme Court releases decision on breach of directors’ duties

The Supreme Court has issued a new decision, Madsen-Ries and Levin as Liquidators of Debut Homes Limited (in liquidation) v Cooper [2020] NZSC 100, reviewing the law relating to breaches of directors’ duties. The decision sets out important guidance for company directors and their advisors More »

Upcoming election: Major and minor parties employment policies

With the upcoming election, the vast majority of the focus has been upon the policies being put by the two major parties and how they stack up against each other. However, New Zealand is a Mixed Member Proportionate system and so whether the New Zealand National Party (National) or New Zealand More »

Business interruption insurance and COVID-19

In the United Kingdom, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) brought a test case on behalf of insurance policy holders against a group of six insurers to obtain clarity as to the operation of business interruption insurance for claims arising out of the COVID-19 lockdown. The circumstances of the More »

Government measures in key jurisdictions: 4th edition

Duncan Cotterill is a member of TerraLex, one of the largest legal networks in the world, providing access to more than 19,000 legal professionals world-wide. Our role in this global network means we can provide our international clients with easy access to specialised local expertise in almost any More »

Timely relief - visitor visa extensions

The Government has announced that certain individuals who currently hold a visitor visa which is due to expire between 4 September 2020 and 31 October 2020 (and are in New Zealand), will shortly be receiving a 5-month extension to their visas. Earlier in April, the Government extended temporary More »

Changes to the Business Finance Guarantee Scheme

It has been six months since New Zealand entered Alert Level 4 lockdown and New Zealand businesses continue to grapple with the stress and financial uncertainty wrought by COVID-19. The recent resurgence of COVID-19 in New Zealand and changes to COVID Alert Levels has compounded the uncertainty More »

Video: NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2020 sponsor video

Click here to view our NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2020 sponsor video presented by Wellington technology partner Scott Moran . Our specialist technology team advises a range of private and public sector organisations who purchase IT services and manage IT projects which are large scale and complex. We also More »

COVID-19 Resurgence Wage Subsidy (RWS)

The COVID-19 Resurgence Wage Subsidy (RWS) is a new Wage Subsidy category for businesses who are financially impacted by the resurgence of COVID-19 and changes to COVID Alert Levels. Applications for the RWS are open from 1pm on 21 August until 3 September 2020. The RWS is available nationally and More »

COVID-19 update as of 17 August 2020

There are currently 78 active cases of COVID-19, 58 of which are from community transmission. 56 are connected to the Auckland cluster (with the other 2 presumed to be). Due to the impacts of COVID-19 New Zealand’s new election date is 17 October 2020. Alert levels The Auckland region is in More »

COVID-19 cases begin to make their way through the Authority

A number of cases concerning COVID-19 employment issues have begun to move their way though the Employment Relations Authority. Recent determinations have explored redundancies, paying employees at “80%”, the minimum wage and issues surrounding pay during the lockdown. Our employment More »

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