What is the ACC? The Accident Compensation Corporation (‘the ACC’) is a New Zealand Crown Entity set up under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 (‘the Act’) […]
On 14 May 2012, Cabinet approved a number of changes to our employment law including some of those projected during National’s pre-election campaign. The motivation behind […]
The first car to fall prey under the colloquially dubbed “boy racer laws”, the Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act 2009 and the Sentencing (Vehicle Confiscation) […]
In New Zealand, when purchasing a property personally with another party you can choose to own the property as Joint Tenants or Tenants in Common. Propery […]
While our economy recovers from the recent global recession, signs of economic lags continue to make its presence felt through increasing numbers of mortgagee sales. Figures […]
Defamation claims have been a topic of interest lately with high profile figures such as Chris Cairns and Judith Collins taking legal action against attacks made […]
On 2 April 2012, a draft of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) was released by the then Consumer Affairs Minister, Hon. […]