About us

The Commercial and Business Law Committee was established in 1989. Since its inception the committee has played an important role in law reform, reviewing discussion documents and bills that propose significant changes in all areas of commercial and consumer law.

Our people

The members of the committee are experienced practitioners:

• Rebecca Sellers
• Stephen Layburn
• Victoria Stace
• Tom Pasley
• Rob Macredie
• Luke Wells

Recent work

In the past 18 months the committee has contributed to various NZLS submissions, including:

• Mfe-MBIE consultation about climate-related financial disclosures
• reform of the Unclaimed Money Act 1971
• COVID-19: debt and insolvency legislation changes (Business Debt Hibernation scheme and proposed ‘safe harbours’)
• Review of the Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010 Options Paper 1: Scope of the Act and Overseas Insurers
• Review of the retirement village legislative framework