If employers take only one thing out of the sacking of one of Australia’s best rugby players it should be this – in certain circumstances, an employer does have an interest, and the right to be interested, in an employee’s behaviour outside of the workplace.
Ashley-Jayne Lodge
Changes to the Overseas Investment Act have now been passed by Parliament and come into effect on 22 October 2018. What do these changes mean for you?
Most who run businesses that are exposed to environmental risks such as farming and heavy industry have long been aware of the importance of holding relevant and realistic public liability and statutory liability insurance coverage.
District Plans are the documents prepared under the Resource Management Act that control what land-use activities are permitted or will require consent in the district the plan relates to, and why.
This makes them fundamentally important if you are intending a development be it large or small.
As predicted by many commentators, the election of a new Government in 2017 has meant a flurry of interest in further changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA).
A common cause of frustration for land owners is when effects of their activities that are insignificant require resource consent because they breach a rule in a plan to a minor degree.
The changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) on 18 October 2017 include an attempt to recognise this ...
Weeks of speculation came to a close on 19 October 2017 when Winston Peters announced that New Zealand would soon see a change in Government. For better or for worse, the new Government has quite publically intended to implement tighter restrictions on overseas buyers. A lot is still not yet ...
Changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) on 18 October 2017 have affected how some basic resource consents applications are processed. The intent is to speed up processing, reduce time and expense to applicants, and to free up councils to focus on more complex applications.
Affordability is a hot button issue with both political and practical overtones. The key practical issue being: Will the parliamentary rhetoric and steps taken in the name of affordability result in a drop in house prices?
What does it mean if you own property, or are looking to purchase property, in a Liquefaction Management Area?
Post-earthquake temporary resource consent holders in Christchurch may have received a reprieve until at least 2018 with the announcement that the consent expiry date has been extended.
If you were issued with a temporary resource consent to enable your business to relocate to a residential or non-business zone following the 2011 earthquake, this may soon expire.
After a long District Plan change process in relation to Plan Change 13 to the Mackenzie District Plan (PC13) Cavell Leitch’s Resource Management Team has managed to secure approvals from the Environment Court for a stand alone Tourism Zone at Pukaki Downs Station, on the western banks of Lake ...