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Farewell Personal Property Securities Act welcome Cape Town Convention

  • Norton Rose Australia
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • March 11 2013

Aviation financiers and aviation related businesses should start to review their current agreements to ensure they are compliant and refer to the

The Qantas decision: forfeited deposits, promises and GST liabilities

  • Bell Gully
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • December 6 2012

A split decision of the High Court in Australia has held that GST was chargeable on non-refundable air fares retained by Qantas when passengers either cancelled their bookings or didn't show for their flights

Airport information disclosure review

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 27 2012

The Commission is also part way through its review of the effectiveness of the information disclosure regime that applies to the three major airports (Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch

Heavy price fixing fines still hitting airlines

  • Stephenson Harwood LLP
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  • Australia, Canada, New Zealand
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  • November 20 2012

In the last six months, further heavy fines have been meted out by competition regulators in New Zealand, Australia and Canada in ongoing price fixing investigations

New proposals for competition law changes under the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 15 2012

The Commerce Select Committee has released an interim report on the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill to announce that the Commerce Minister has asked it to consider additional amendments to specific aspects of the competition regime relating to aviation and shipping and call for further submissions on the proposed amendments

Aircraft owners may attract environmental liability

  • DLA Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr
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  • New Zealand, South Africa
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  • November 14 2012

The National Environmental Management Act, No 107 of 1998 (NEMA), states that "no person may unlawfully and intentionally or negligently commit any act or omission which causes significant or is likely to cause significant pollution or degradation of the environment"

Airline carbon tax put on hold

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • European Union, New Zealand
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  • November 14 2012

Prime Minister John Key has welcomed the decision of the European Union to suspend for a year its plans to impose a carbon emission tax on all airlines flying to and from EU member countries

Examination of competition in international shipping and aviation

  • Russell McVeagh
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  • New Zealand
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  • October 17 2012

Commerce Minister Craig Foss has asked the Commerce Select Committee to examine competition regimes for international shipping and international civil aviation, in light of changes recommended in a recent report by the New Zealand Productivity Commission and proposed in the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill currently before the Committee

Bell Gully submission on Cartel Bill and new proposals for competition law changes

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • October 3 2012

Legislative amendments to criminalise cartel behaviour and update other aspects of New Zealand's competition regime continue to progress through Parliament

Employee flying high on overpayments

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • New Zealand
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  • August 27 2012

The recent Employment Court decision of Air New Zealand Ltd v Foai has shown the difficulties for an employer in trying to recover salary overpayments from an ex-employee