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Recording and implementing settlement agreements

Mediation allows parties to exercise self-determination. The parties involved create both the outcome and the terms of settlement. This normally means the parties take psychological ownership of the outcome, and are more likely to comply with an agreement reached during mediation. In order to reap the benefits of a mediated outcome,…

AMINZ’s new role in appointing arbitrators

The Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ) has been chosen as the official agency to appoint arbitrators in the place of the High Court. The appointment, which came into force on 1 March 2017, marks a significant amendment that was made last October to the Arbitration Act 1996. It…

Focus on Whakatane

Whakatane lawyer David Sparks says the local law fraternity was very tightknit when he moved there 44 years ago. As a newcomer to the Eastern Bay of Plenty town he was taken around all the law firms and introduced to all the other local lawyers – a tradition at the…

Copyright miscellany

Copyright law has been playing catch-up with technology since the Statute of Anne in 1710, a legislative reaction to the ubiquity of printing presses. New Zealand’s 1962 Copyright Act came into being just before photocopiers came into common use. The 1994 Act preceded the widespread availability of the internet. The…

The new lawyer: Emma von Veh, Solicitor, Ministry of Health, Wellington

Emma von VehBorn in South Africa, Emma von Veh’s family moved to New Zealand when she was a child. “At high school, my favourite subject was always English, but I also had an aptitude for maths and the sciences and was wary of limiting my choices if I were to drop…

Young legal scholar offers new solutions for New Zealand

In 2014, a brilliant young New Zealand lawyer, Max Harris, suddenly found himself having open heart surgery in England to repair an aneurysm. The experience caused him to think hard about how best to use his talents: “It brought into sharp relief the need to use my time well and to…

Ismail Rasheed’s fascinating path to tax law specialist

Ismail RasheedComing from the remote Maldives in the Indian Ocean motivated a Wellington-based immigrant lawyer to excel in two difficult and oft-considered dry areas of practice, tax and intellectual property law. Ismail Rasheed became a sole practitioner in October 2015. He gained his LLB at Waikato University in 1999 and has…

Lawyers becoming proficient bloggers

But what’s in it for the reader?Lawyers and legal academics blogging on legal ramifications buried in some of the biggest national or international developments has become a growing trend. One such blogger is Andrew Geddis, a Professor at the University of Otago Faculty of Law and a regular writer on the…

Major change to GST zero-rating from 1 April

The GST treatment of New Zealand land-related legal and other services provided to non-resident clients changed significantly from 1 April 2017. The GST Act formerly provided that New Zealand land-related services supplied to non-residents would not be zero-rated only if they were supplied “directly in connection with” the relevant land. The phrase…

New powers to subject offenders and bailees to alcohol and drug testing

The Drug and Alcohol Testing of Community-based Offenders, Bailees and Other Persons Legislation Bill was passed by Parliament on 8 November 2016. It has been divided into the following pieces of legislation and the original bill no longer exists: Bail (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Act 2016; Parole (Drug and Alcohol Testing)…

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