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The Trusts Act 2019 comes into full force and effect at the end of January 2021, a few months away.However, it appears as though many companies and other organisations which operate a “commercial trust” model have not fully considered the

The new Privacy Act 2020 will come into force on 1 December 2020. It will replace the Privacy Act 1993.The new Act is likely only the start of a series of legislative reforms designed to keep New Zealand’s privacy laws

The current commercial property rental market clearly favours prospective tenants due to the impact of Covid-19.However, despite this, business people may still rush to sign a standard form ‘agreement to lease’ document for business premises without getting any legal input

In recent weeks, many business people will have been looking over their contracts to assess whether performance by them or another party is required due to the Covid-19 crisis. Read more…

COVID-19 – Update on Commercial Legal Issues Below are some brief comments on the following topics: Commercial Leases; Employees; Director Duties (conditional relief); Commercial Contracts; Insurance; NZ Courts. Click to read more…

Technology: Licence and Supply Contracts – Some common issues for consideration Over my many years of experience reviewing and advising on technology-related licence and supply contracts (for suppliers and purchasers), I have seen some really good documents, but unfortunately many

Shareholder Agreements – some scenarios in favour of having one If you are a shareholder in a company with one or more other shareholders, or are about to become one, then please consider the following: The default legal position is

On far too many occasions over my 26 years of professional life to date have I seen poorly written or constructed customer-facing contracts presented by businesses looking to close some form of sales deal – many for high value. The

Understand how bargaining power shifts in IT procurement transactions – and its impact Click to read more …

“We are not fussed about the contracting process because we will never want to sue the other party anyway” – some misconceptions (by Sean Lynch) We have heard the above statement uttered in various ways by business people over the