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When is a bank's conduct considered "oppressive"?

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 17 2013

The central issue in the recent Court of Appeal decision of Colley v Westpac New Zealand Limited 2013 NZCA 57 was whether the Bank's conduct was

Australian foreign investment policy update: higher threshold extended to New Zealand investors and clarification

  • Addisons
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  • Australia, New Zealand
  • -
  • March 25 2013

As of 1 March this year, the Australian Foreign Investments Review Board (FIRB) amended its Foreign Investment Policy in two important aspects: the

Construction Contracts Act Amendment Bill

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 15 2013

In January of this year, Parliament introduced a Bill to update and amend the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (the Act). Among the proposed changes

Rethinking the penalties doctrine - implications of Andrews v ANZ

  • King & Wood Mallesons
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 10 2013

The High Court's recent decision in Andrews v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd 2012 HCA 30 establishes the broad reach of the common

Investing in Asia? The ASEAN-Australia-NZ FTA is relevant to you

  • Clayton Utz
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  • Asia-Pacific, Australia, New Zealand
  • -
  • September 22 2009

The AANZFTA is important if you are currently investing in, or are considering investing in, any one of the ten ASEAN member states

Re Reynolds - Official Assignee v Wilson and another

  • Ogier
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • February 23 2009

Mr Reynolds (the 'Settlor') was the settlor of the GM Reynolds Family Trust (the 'Trust') under which he appointed Messrs Wilson and Harvey as trustees (the 'Trustees'

Directors’ personal liability: a recent House of Lords decision could erode the immunity enjoyed by company directors from personal claims

  • Kennedys
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 11 2007

New Zealand company directors are increasingly exposed to personal liability for tortious wrongs committed by their companies

IP scams, low ball schemes and unsolicited notes

  • Simpson Grierson
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • March 28 2013

Have you received an unsolicited email or letter requesting payment in relation to your intellectual property rights? If so, it may be a scam. New

Australia and New Zealand increase monetary foreign investment thresholds for their trans-Tasman counterparts from 1 March 2013

  • Gilbert + Tobin
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  • Australia, New Zealand
  • -
  • March 31 2013

The extension of the higher approval threshold for investment in Australia by US investors to NZ investors, and the increased threshold for

Anti-counterfeiting 2009 A Global Guide

  • AJ Park
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 30 2009

New Zealand’s law is historically based on that of the United Kingdom