Lawyers’ blog

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…

Environmental law – Replacement consents and expiry dates

Resource consents are required to ensure the activity you want to do is carried out in a way that looks after you, the environment and those around you. Not everything…

Environmental Law – an introduction

There has always been a tension between the way we interact with the world for our benefit and how we should interact with the world to avoid the detriment of…

When can an employer require an employee to take annual holidays?

In this post-COVID world, some employers may be finding that their employees’ annual holiday balances have crept up, and they may be asking themselves whether they can direct those employees…

Trusts Act Update – core documents

The Trusts Act that came into effect in January 2021 is the first major reform since 1956. New legislation has impacted trustees, beneficiaries, and legal practitioners, mainly for the better. The…

Changes to the Fair Trading Act 1986

The Fair Trading Amendment Act 2021 has recently extended and introduced new protections against unfair commercial practices which are important for many businesses to consider whether changes to their standard…

News & Articles

Tariff cease-fire: a breather for New Zealand exporters – but no time to relax.

Owners liability and the RMA

Environmental Law – an introduction

When can an employer require an employee to take annual holidays?

Trusts Act Update – core documents

Changes to the Fair Trading Act 1986