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Regulatory investigations & prosecutions

  • Bell Gully
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • June 12 2013

Over recent years, regulators have become increasingly aggressive in pursuing investigations and prosecutions against companies, directors and

Business law reform legal update

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • May 29 2013

In this update we summarise the progress of business law reform projects in May 2013. The Financial Markets Conduct Bill, and its associated

Business law reform legal update - April 2013

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The Government has signalled that the wave of law reform activity that occurred in 2012 will continue in 2013, and Buddle Findlay will continue to

Business law reform legal update

  • Buddle Findlay
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • March 27 2013

In this update we summarise the outcome of a number of law reform projects from June 2012 to March 2013

Significant risk in criminalising breaches of directors’ duties

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • September 7 2012

Using criminal sanctions for breach of directors’ fiduciary duties is wrong and may even be counter-productive to the cause of strengthening New Zealand’s governance culture, Chapman Tripp argues in its submission to the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill

Submissions called for on legislation to criminalise breaches of directors' duties and to better align schemes process with Takeovers Code requirements

  • Bell Gully
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • July 27 2012

The Commerce Select Committee has called for submissions on the Companies and Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill

New Zealand to tighten company registration rules

  • Chapman Tripp
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • July 20 2012

Registering a company in New Zealand is a simple on-line, one-step process taking about two minutes to complete

Bridgecorp - lessons for directors

  • Simpson Grierson
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  • New Zealand
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  • June 6 2012

On 5 April 2012 Justice Venning found Rod Petricevic and Robert Roest - the former Managing and Finance Directors of Bridgecorp Limited - guilty of distributing offer documents containing false statements under section 58 of the Securities Act, as well as making false statements to the trustee and investors in breach of the Companies and Crimes Acts

Bridgecorp directors went many bridges too far

  • Chapman Tripp
  • -
  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 19 2012

The Bridgecorp convictions should not disturb the prudent director’s peace of mind

The Bridgecorp decision more convictions for defective disclosures

  • Bell Gully
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  • New Zealand
  • -
  • April 17 2012

In the latest criminal case against the directors of a failed finance company for defective disclosures in offer documents, directors of Bridgecorp Limited were found guilty this month of offences under the Securities Act, Crimes Act and Companies Act: R v Petricevic 2012 NZHC 665 (the Bridgecorp decision

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