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The smoking gun - draft bill to criminalise cartels

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • June 20 2011

The Government has taken another step toward the criminalisation of cartels with the release last week of draft legislation

Lessons from the Crafar receivership - part three: identifying personal property

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • June 17 2011

The Gibson & Stiassny v StockCo & Ors litigation in relation to the Crafar receivership has clarified important aspects of the Personal Property Securities Act 1999 (PPSA

Reminder - signed employment agreements from 1 July

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • June 17 2011

Employers will be required to have a signed copy of each employee's individual employment agreement or, where the employee has yet to sign, a copy of the intended agreement from 1 July 2011

How much should you pay your regulator? Have your say on MED's proposed fee scale

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand, USA
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  • June 21 2011

The Ministry of Economic Development (MED) has released a discussion document on the fees and levies to fund the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), External Reporting Board, Companies Office and Insolvency and Trustee Service

"Landmark" Australian case finds the buck stops with the board

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • June 28 2011

The Australian Federal Court yesterday issued what the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has described as a “landmark decision” which highlights the dangers of boards uncritically relying on management, or the auditors

Housing Affordability paper - chance for a real change?

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • June 27 2011

The Housing Affordability paper from the newly-established Productivity Commission identifies a number of issues which have been a long-standing source of irritation to the property development and construction industries

Security agreements signed just before liquidation: is the Personal Property Securities Act the answer?

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • June 29 2011

It is not uncommon for a receiver, liquidator or competing creditor to be presented with a security agreement, the ink on which appears scarcely to be dry

Not for the faint hearted: 400 page draft Financial Markets Conduct Bill

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • August 9 2011

The Securities Law Review is now in the final phases with the release today of the exposure draft of the Financial Markets Conduct Bill for public consultation

Doing business in NZ: New Zealand as an investment choice

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • August 1 2011

New Zealand is physically remote; two specks of green in the vast Pacific Ocean and 1500 kms distant from our nearest neighbour, Australia

Like moths to a flame?

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • September 30 2011

Gift duty is abolished from 1 October 2011 with particular implications for anyone who has established a trust and is owed money by the trust, or who is considering gifting assets to a trust