Inside:
- Trial periods vs probation periods: both are useful for employers
- Whakaari/White Island eruption: health and safety lessons
- Business briefs: Cartel conduct: New Zealand’s first ever criminal cartel prosecution – Privacy proposals for biometrics – New reporting obligations for large businesses
Inside:
- National, ACT and New Zealand First coalition: What can agriculture expect?
- Three Waters and Resource Management Act 1991 replacement legislation: To be repealed
- Over the fence: Family home v homestead: implications for relationship property – Road user charges: when to pay them? – Casual employees v seasonal workers
Inside:
- Making a bequest to a charity: Careful will drafting is essential
- Estates and guarantees: Can cause difficult legal issues
- Can your ex-spouse claim your property when you die? Agreeing on a division of relationship property after you and your spouse separate can be fraught.
Inside:
- Commercial leasing and landlord consent: Tenants wanting to alter the premises or their use
- Easements: Rights of way, draining sewage and water, and conveying utilities
- Property briefs: The new government has brought in significant changes to the property sector:
- Bright-line test changes
- RMA legislation
- Rental and tenancy updates
Inside:
- Invoices not being paid on time? A steer for debtors and creditors
- Personal grievances: Employers must act in good faith
- Receiving an inheritance during your relationship
- Do I still need a trust?
- Postscript: Incorporated societies: must register by April 2026 – Minimum wage increases – Before you dig