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Exceptions to exclusions and limitations of liability - gross misconduct and wilful default

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • New Zealand
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  • December 6 2010

When negotiating technology contracts, a customer may require that liability for negligence be excluded from the general contractual exclusions and limitations of liability

Health and safety guide for directors

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 22 2013

To promote a better workplace health and safety culture in New Zealand, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Institute

Court of Appeal takes different position on the "good faith" defence to voidable transactions

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 21 2013

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal (Farrell v Fences & Kerbs Limited 2013 NZCA 91) will make it very difficult for creditors to successfully

Further changes for the Consumer Law Reform Bill

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 21 2013

The government has introduced two Supplementary Order Papers (SOP 207 and SOP 218) to the Consumer Law Reform Bill at the committee of the whole

Change of Registrar

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 21 2013

As of 1 March 2013 Mandy McDonald became the Registrar for registers managed by the Companies Office, including the Register of Companies. The

Earlier cut-off times proposed by the Companies Office for same day registration of prospectuses and related documents

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • May 21 2013

The Companies Office has been engaging in an informal consultation on the proposed service level standards for the registration of prospectuses and

Shadow directors, de facto directors and duties not to trade recklessly

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
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  • March 27 2013

A recent decision of the High Court, Delegat v Norman 2012 NZHC 2358 provides a useful illustration of the application of the following Companies

Audit clauses in supply and outsourcing agreements

  • Wigley + Company
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 24 2013

While the effect depends on the wording, audit clauses can be used by customers to get wide-ranging information to enable audit and verification of

Bell Group appeal: issues for directors and creditors

  • Bell Gully
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

In the latest episode in one of Australia's most complex and lengthy commercial disputes, the Western Australia Court of Appeal recently dismissed an appeal by a syndicate of banks (the Banks) from a decision in favour of the liquidators of the Bell Group (the Group

Fair Trading Act changes for B2C unfair contract terms and for B2B: an update

  • Wigley + Company
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  • New Zealand
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  • April 23 2013

The proposed new law has been altered this week to push out commencement of the B2C unfair contract terms regime to around late-2014