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Health insurance or self-insurance?
Private health insurance covers non-essential medical services, avoids waiting lists and allows your choice of doctor.
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How Business Interruption (BI) insurance could help recovery from the Canterbury floods in 2021
The BI insurance policy will cover resultant financial loss caused from flooding of the insured property.Wynn Williams - Article
Court confirms wide-ranging rating powers of local Councils
This recent High Court decision reaffirmed the broad discretion and wide-ranging powers of local bodies to set rates.Wynn Williams - Article
Have your say on the Marlborough Environment Plan
This review process is an opportunity to consider how your interests might be affected and to protect those interests.Wynn Williams - Article
New Zealand Government Announces Further Building Reforms
Requirement on all design professionals to have professional indemnity (PI) insurance and strengthen disciplinary penalties for Licenced Building Practitioners (LBPs).Wynn Williams - Article
The agri-sector is moving with the times
Farming has been around as long as humans have, and to survive, it has learnt to be one of the most agile professions.Wynn Williams - Article
Your home is your castle: COVID-19 incentives to purchase your property
An outcome of COVID-19 has been the decision to remove Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) requirements for the next 12 months.Wynn Williams - Article
Government passes changes to employment relations law
The changes will have significance for all employers, so they should review employment agreements to ensure compliance.Wynn Williams - Article
Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 changes from 31 March 2026: What you need to know
Key changes under the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Act 2025Wynn Williams - Article
A return to normality – weathertightness defects separable from other defects in council leaky building insurance claim
Recent decision can be viewed as a real win for local councils.Wynn Williams - Article
The power of big data and privacy reforms
Article discusses privacy issues, scandals and reforms in NZ and elsewhere for example, Europe. .Wynn Williams - Article
EQC excess on Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP) repairs
EQC will begin posting invoices for excess(es) on completed CHRP repairs as part of the final steps of EQC's programme.Wynn Williams - Article
Please sir, may I have a certificate of compliance for my activity from the local council?
A certificate of compliance provides certainty to a resource user that the activity does not require a resource consent.Wynn Williams - Article
Purchase of real estate: High Court reminder of what not to do when another party tries to cancel an agreement
If you do not accept the repudiation (cancellation), then you should conduct yourself that way by your words and actions.Wynn Williams - Article
A director's dilemma: to guarantee, or not to guarantee?
A personal commitment to ensure the satisfaction of the company's obligations, often including repayment of the company's debts.Wynn Williams - Article
Decision highlights need for effective limitation of liability clauses
Parties negotiating construction contracts should ensure that they include an effective limitation of liability clause.Wynn Williams - Article
Caught on camera: the rise of recorded work conversations
How to handle recordings in the workplace.Wynn Williams - Article
Embracing tikanga: implications for New Zealand law
Key points concerning the interaction between tikanga Maori & New Zealand law, which are crucial to consider.Wynn Williams - Article
Transport network receives huge investment
Investment in New Zealand's transport network through the 2024-2027 National Land Transport Programme.Wynn Williams - Article
Fast Paced Reform: RMA Amendment Bill To Put The Brakes On Planning Processes
Anyone working in the fields of planning, consenting or enforcement will need to engage with the Bill.Wynn Williams