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Fair pay agreements – What are they and in what circumstances will they apply?

On Wednesday 26 October 2022, the ‘Fair Pay Agreements Bill’ passed its third and final reading in Parliament. It is expected to come into force on 1 December 2022. What…

Natural Built Environment and Spatial Planning Bills now introduced to Parliament

Yesterday, 15 November 2022, both the Spatial Planning Bill (SP) and the Natural and Built Environment Bill (NBE) were introduced to Parliament. These bills are two of three sister pieces…

Uber drivers declared employees

In a marked change from the position adopted by the same court in 2020, the Employment Court on 25 October 2022 found that four Uber drivers were employees, not independent…

Affected persons and written approvals

Affected persons are persons (including companies, partnerships, trusts and so on) that might be affected by a proposed activity requiring consent. The definition of affected person is found in the…

Making consenting easy

Consents may be a necessary requirement for you to do what you want to do. It is important to front load your planning process and secure quality advice before you…

Owners liability and the RMA

The Resource Management Act 1991 sets out how Councils develop plans, how consents are granted and importantly how people are held responsible when they do not comply with the RMA,…

Environmental law – notifications

One of the early matters a planner must attend to when they receive an application for consent is to determine whether it should be non-notified, limited notified or publicly notified. …

Environmental law – transfer of consents

An often forgotten fish hook in business and land transactions is ensuring transfer of any consents required for your activity to take place. This can be something as straightforward as…

Environmental law – Resource consent lapse dates

Resource Consents have lapse dates. These dates are very important. If you haven’t started the activity and fulfilled all the conditions of consent that ensured your activity was set up…

News & Articles

Court of Appeal decision: what happens when builders go bankrupt and leave homes unfinished?

Fair pay agreements – What are they and in what circumstances will they apply?

Uber drivers declared employees

Owners liability and the RMA