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Power Law Briefing: Duncan Cotterill – Insolvency Law Changes

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The Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act 2019 –Mandatory Reporting Obligations  The Insolvency Practitioners Regulation Act 2019 (Act) was passed on 17 June 2019. Based on a recent MBIE Discussion Paper, the operative provisions of the Act will not come into force until June 2020. When fully implemented, the Act will introduce licencing requirements for all insolvency […]

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Lane Neave advises Bond Supervisor in public retail bond issue

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Lane Neave has advised Public Trust in relation to a public retail bond issue by Metlifecare Limited (Metlifecare).  Metlifecare has now issued NZ$100 million of secured fixed rate bonds, exceeding its minimum target of NZ$75 million and accepting NZ$25 million of oversubscriptions. Chief Executive Officer, Glen Sowry, said the response indicated Metlifecare’s position as a trusted company

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David Parker

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The Attorney General and policy-shaper who topped last year’s list remains at Number 1. An Otago Law & Business graduate, he subsequently blended his community involvement with both business and law.  He co-founded the Dunedin Community Law Centre, worked for Anderson Lloyd (when it was Anderson Lloyd Caudwell and then entered business working as manager

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Power Law Briefing: Bell Gully – When Is a Burger Not a Burger?

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Meat burger

T​​his week the Commerce Commission officially issued a warning to Hell Pizza regarding the advertising of its “Burger Pizza”, which in the Commission’s view likely breached the Fair Trading Act 1986 by misleading consumers into thinking the pizza included meat as an ingredient when it did not.  The issue of how plant-based meat or dairy

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How Two Fast-Moving Kiwi Lawyers Use A Tech Tool To Boost Productivity

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Two Fast-Moving Lawyers Talk About Using Their Voices To Increase Productivity Lawyer Joseph Garven, a patent attorney with James & Wells, is something of an adrenaline junkie whose spare time is spent mountain biking, snow boarding or doing anything else that involves speed. And so, it is no surprise that when it comes to running

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Why The NZ Law Society Is Barking Up The Wrong Tree With It’s ‘Culture Change’ Task Force

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The Culture Change ‘Task Force’ Sounds “Fervently Marxist” – But Is It What The Law Society Should Be Doing? Thomas Bloy* #MeToo has ushered in a new era for lawyers and it’s all about ‘culture change’.  The scandals that rocked the ivory towers, the Bazley report, and the countless blogs, articles, and radio and TV discussions

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Bell Gully recognised as New Zealand leader in IFLR1000 2020

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Powered by LawFuel – International Financial Law Review (IFLR) has named Bell Gully as the leader in the New Zealand market across key categories in its recently released legal directory. >> See the latest law jobs on the LawFuel Network – Click Here The firm is only one of two New Zealand firms to achieve

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