Issue 456 | 17 June 2019
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Company and Securities Law Bulletin

Issue 5 is now available online.

Issue 5 features an editorial by Peter Watts QC and headnotes on Commercial Factors Ltd v Dalton [2019] NZCA 78; Cooper v Debut Homes Ltd (in liq) [2019] NZCA 39; and FTG Securities Ltd v Bank of New Zealand [2019] NZCA 16.

 
Textbook
 
Ian Murray

RRP*incl GST: $85.00 $76.50 (pre-sale price)
ISBN: 9780947514495 (book)
Publication date: June 2019
 
Practical Guidance: Employment

Latest Legal Update: Equal Pay Amendment Bill to create new process for pay equity claims


Practical Guidance: Employment Law for Employers

Latest Legal Update: Suspensions hit Auckland railways

 
Practical Guidance: Family

Latest Legal Update: Customs allowed mother to take son overseas despite Family Court order


Latest Legal Update: New Family Violence rules and regulations come into force on 1 July 2019

 
New Zealand Intellectual Property Journal

Volume 8, Part 11 is now available online.

The issue features an article by John Katz QC on confidentiality restrictions at trial.

 
Service 91 (updated to 18 February 2019) is now available online.

Service 91 features significant updates to: 
  • the "Burial, Cremation, and Cemeteries", "Choses in Action", "Compulsory Acquisition", "Crown Land", "Easements, Profits, and Covenants", "Forestry", "Interpretation of Deeds", "Limitation of Civil Proceedings", "Minerals and Mining", "State Sector", and "Water" titles as a result of the Land Transfer Act 2017 which came into force on 12 November 2018;
  • the "Criminal Procedure" title, as a result of provisions of the Courts Matters Act 2018 that came into force on 14 November 2018; 
  • the "Defence: Armed Forces" title, as a result of the Military Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018, which came into force on 30 November 2018;
  • the "Building and Construction", "Consumer Protection", "Discrimination", "Intellectual Property: Copyright", "Lawyers and Conveyancers", "Legal Services", and "Professions and Trades" titles as a result of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018, the first stages of which came into force on 14 November 2018 and 26 November 2018;
  • the "Accident Compensation", "Education", "Husband and Wife", "Information", and "Prisons and Enforcement of Sentences" titles as a result of the Social Security Act 2018, the remainder of which came into force on 26 November 2018, with the exception of: ss 109(2)(h) and (j), 165, 168, 275, 276, 431(1)(e)(v); paragraph (c) of the definition of "young person obligation" in s 268; and cls 69 to 76 of Schedule 1;
  • the "Employment" title as a result of the Employment Relations Amendment Act 2018, the first stage of which came into force on 12 December 2018;
  • the "Maori Affairs" and "Treaty of Waitangi" titles as a result of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Claims Settlement Act 2018 which (except for ss 92 to 94) came into force on 19 December 2018;
  • the "Children and Young Persons title" as a result of the Children’s Amendment Act 2018 which came into force on 21 December 2018;
  • the "Animals" and "Fisheries" titles as a result of the Conservation (Infringement System) Act 2018 which came into force on 21 December 2018;
  • the "Intellectual Property: Copyright" title, as a result of provisions of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Amendment Act 2018 that came into force on 30 December 2018; 
  • the "Public Safety" title as a result of the Brokering (Weapons and Related Items) Controls Act 2018 of which Part 1, subparts 2 and 3 of Part 2, and ss 36 to 42 came into force on 1 February 2019.

Stop Press has been updated to include a summary of the following decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court:
  • Sena v Police [2019] NZSC 55
  • Sandman v Mckay [2019] NZSC 41
  • Craig v Williams [2019] NZSC 38

 
Textbook
 
Jason Goodall

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ISBN: 9781988546001 (book)
Publication date: June 2019
 
Practical Guidance: Succession

Latest Legal Update: Children sue trustees where father had put assets in a trust to avoid them falling into his estate

 
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