This Court of Appeal decision should be welcomed by all NZ public sector agencies conducting procurements.

The expansion of the bright-line rule was one of the changes that the Government introduced to assist first home buyers.

From 8 April 2021, it became a criminal offence to enter into a cartel arrangement under New Zealand law.

In June, the government published a discussion document proposing important reforms to the taxation of partnerships and the codification of some existing practices. The proposals have been released in anticipation of the introduction of a limited partnership regime. Rather than devising new laws which will apply exclusively to limited partnerships, the government has taken the initiative to clarify and modernise the tax treatment of partnerships generally.

Those planning on travelling within the NZ-Australia bubble should have contingency plans in case of a virus outbreak.

On 20 September 2007, the government published the framework of a proposed emissions trading scheme in New Zealand.

The Bill unexpectedly legislates for a 10-year moratorium on new thermal electricity generation, while its provisions to implement a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme have been widely signalled and depart in only small ways from previously announced policy.

The NZ Law Commission revisits the question of joint and several or proportionate liability in a recent Issues Paper.