Issue 505 | 19 July 2021
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Did you know that our LexisNexis training webinars are complementary and most are 
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Tuesday, 20th of July at 3pm

In this session, we will provide an orientation to Lexis Advance. Learn to harness the power of the Advance search engine to find caselaw, legislation, commentary, forms & precedents and guidance on all different areas of law. This session will enable you to find what you need quickly and efficiently and organise your research effectively to save time.
Duration: 60 min

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Become more skilled and efficient in your research. Join this session to examine methods of conducting searches on Advance, from understanding the algorithm that runs behind the scenes, to applying advanced filters to generate effective results. Learn to set up alerts and folders, share documents, and customise your publications pod and favourites to ensure that the platform is working efficiently for your research needs. 
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Become more skilled and efficient in your research. Join this session to examine methods of conducting searches on Advance, from understanding the algorithm that runs behind the scenes, to applying advanced filters to generate effective results. Learn to set up alerts and folders, share documents, and customise your publications pod and favourites to ensure that the platform is working efficiently for your research needs. 
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This session will look at how Practical Guidance operates as a stand-alone module, and as a partner to the research you run on Lexis Advance. In Practical Guidance, you can find guidance written by experts in different areas of law that link you to relevant cases and legislation, forms, checklists and precedents, as well as extracts from the key that text LexisNexis publishes in that area. Understand the use and benefits of Practical Guidance modules for your everyday research.
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LexisNexis ONDEMAND webinars are delivered by subject experts and accompanied by a short comprehension quiz. Our latest ONDEMAND webinars are as follows:


Guidance on the principles and practical issues associated with workplace disciplinary processes and investigations.
Duration: 60 min

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The webinar looks at the recurring issues of fairness and reward that are commonly encountered during inheritance disputes and provides legal advisors, arbitrators and mediators with tools to advise and manage these when drafting or advising clients on wills, estates and succession.
Duration: 60 min

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This webinar examines the ongoing challenges of knowing your customer and practicalities of ensuring appropriate customer due diligence in an increasingly digital world in order to meet AML/CFT requirements.
Duration: 60 min

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Applying for a court order to administer a deceased estate when a person dies without a will is often complicated. This webinar appraises the requirements for an application of intestacy; the selection of appropriate evidence in support of the application and the recognition of factors that affect entitlement.
Duration: 60 min

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The application process for Letters of Administration with the will annexed differs from probate applications, and knowing what matters need to be considered and addressed and supported by evidence, or indeed omitted, when making an application, is not always clear. This webinar provides guidance on recognising the key requirements for the preparation of a valid will and the requirements for making an improperly executed will declared valid.
Duration: 60 min

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To find out more about the content webinars, click via the eStore here.
 
Textbook
 
Heath and Whale Insolvency Law in New Zealand, 4th edition
Paul Heath & Mike Whale (editors)

RRP*incl GST: $200.00 $180.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546605 (book – two volume set)            
Publication date: September 2021
 
Hall’s Sentencing

Service 179 is now available online.

The Criminal Procedure Rules 2012 have been amended. Commentary has been updated for Introduction: Principles of Sentencing; Sentencing Act 2002; Criminal Procedure Act 2011; Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016; Sentencing Levels; and Indices I, II, V, and VI. The Index has also been updated.
 
New Zealand Employment Law Reports

Part 4 of Volume 18 is now available online.

Lye v ISO Ltd — (2020) 18 NZELR 228
Compliance order — Exercise of discretion — Negotiations for collective employment agreement — Employment Relations Act 2000, s 137(2).

WorkSafe New Zealand v Dong SH Auckland Ltd — (2020) 18 NZELR 236
Person conducting business or undertaking (PCBU) — Whether contractual obligation on PCBU essential element of breach — Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, ss 17(2)(a)(ii) and 48.

Labour Inspector of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment v Tourism Holdings Ltd — (2021) 18 NZELR 246
Holiday pay — Whether sales commissions “a regular part of the employee’s pay” — Holidays Act 2003, ss 8(1)(c)(i) and 8(2).

Radford v Chief of New Zealand Defence Force — (2021) 18 NZELR 256
Employment Authority — Jurisdiction to apply foreign law — Forum conveniens.

Senate Investment Trust (through Crown Lease Trustees Ltd) v Cooper — (2021) 18 NZELR 281
Employment agreement — Unsigned agreement — Trial period — Employment Relations Act 2000, s 67A.

Macleod v Wellington City Transport Ltd — (2021) 18 NZELR 292
Lockout notice — Employer-initiated bargaining for multi-employer collective agreement — Availability provision — Employment Contracts Act 2000, ss 45, 47 and 67D
 
Hinde McMorland & Sim Land Law

Service 82 is now available online.

This service includes updates to chapters on Estates in land; The extent of the landholder’s rights; Title to land; Title by registration; Leasehold estate, Concurrent interests in land; Unit titles and cross-leases; Covenants affecting freehold land; and Capacity to own and deal with land.
 
New Zealand Resource Management Appeals

Part 7 of Volume 2021 is now available online.

Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc v Bay of Plenty Regional Council — [2021] NZRMA 271

Regional plan — Plan change — Nitrogen discharge allocation — Limit on amount of nitrogen from land use entering Lake Rotorua — Additional allocation to Treaty Settlement land — Appropriate allocation method — Provisions to be included in Regional Plan — Purpose of allocation — Appropriate quantity of nitrogen to be reallocated — Extent to which effect to be given to National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 and Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 — National Credible future land use — Treaty of Waitangi — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 6(e), 7(a), 8, 30(4), 44A, 55, 67(3)(a), 128 and part 2 — Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 — Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993/Māori Land Act 1993.

Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc v New Zealand Transport Agency — [2021] NZRMA 303

Local government — Auckland Unitary Plan — Motorway extension — Land ecologically significant — Granting of resource consents and notice of requirements — Appeal against decision of Board of Inquiry granting consents — Jurisdiction of Board to consider merits of proposed work — Whether proposed work contrary to objectives and policies of AUP — Whether unable to consider application as contrary to AUP — Merits of proposal — New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement mandatory relevant consideration — Whether Board properly considered New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement — Resource Management Act 1991, ss 104, 104D(1)(b), 149J, 149V and 171.
 
Textbook
 
Bill Patterson

RRP*incl GST: $200.00
ISBN: 9781988546506 (book)
ISBN: 9781988546513 (ebook)
Publication date: 26 May 2021
 
Textbook
 
Chris Kelly, Greg Kelly, Colette McKenzie & Kimberly Lawrence

RRP*incl GST: $220.00 $198.00 (pre-order price)
ISBN: 9781988546292 (book)
ISBN: 9781988546308 (ebook)
Publication date: October 2021
 
Textbooks
 
Ross Carter                                                     

RRP*incl GST: $180.00
ISBN: 9780947514983 (book)                          
ISBN: 9780947514990 (ebook)
Publication date: 26 May 2021
 
 
Ursula Cheer                                          

RRP*incl GST: $200.00
ISBN: 9781988546117 (book)                            
ISBN: 9781988546124 (ebook)
Publication date: 23 February 2021
Join LexisNexis NZ at LawFest Demo Day virtual event on August 11th where we will be providing a sneak peek of our latest solution: Lexis® Create. REGISTER HERE for FREE!
Lexis Create is a tool within the Microsoft environment that pulls together all the legal content and tools you need to save time, reduce risk and avoid context switching. This demo has been designed around your workflow dividing Lexis Create features between 3 easy-to-use steps: BuildCheck and Complete. Create the perfect legal document every time with Lexis Create!
 
 
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