Investing in New Zealand Guide 2023
Unlocking new opportunities: A guide to investing and doing business in New Zealand.
Cover to Cover – Issue 27
New Zealand’s insurance sector is experiencing unprecedented demand from repeated extreme weather events less than two months into the year. At the same time, new developments in other areas also challenge the industry.
M&A Forecast 2023
what’s on the horizon for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in New Zealand? MinterEllisonRuddWatts’ market leading Corporate team discusses trends and makes predictions for 2023. This year, we also spoke to several of New Zealand’s leading investment banks and private equity firms to gain their insights on what lies ahead.
Litigation Forecast 2023
As each new year starts, it seems that life gets more complex, with new challenges and opportunities to navigate. New Zealand’s evolving litigation landscape is no different.
Strengthening Regulation of Unfair Trading through Amendment of FISCMA
A proposal for partial amendment (Amendment) to the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (FISCMA) for the purpose of strengthening the regulation of unfair trading passed the plenary session of the National Assembly of Korea on June 30, 2023 and was promulgated on July 18, 2023.
Supreme Court Finds that HSE was Reasonable in Suspending Consultant
The Supreme Court has recently considered the legal position relating to workplace suspensions in the case of Ray O’Sullivan v The Health Service Executive [2023] IESC 11.
Solicitor Awarded €30,000 for Dismissal from Firm while Pregnant
The Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) case of Orla Howe v Colm Kelly, Healy Crowley Ahearn ADJ-00038992 was a complaint seeking adjudication under section 77 of the Employment Equality Act, 1998 (“Act”) in respect of the Complainant’s dismissal while pregnant.
WRC Orders Re-Engagement of Dismissed Employee
Robert Newton v Go-Ahead Transport Services (Dublin) Limited ADJ-00043139 concerned a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission (“WRC”) under the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977-2015. The Complainant argued that he was unfairly dismissed from the Respondent and that the Respondent failed to take account of mitigating circumstances.
Employee Subjected to Penalisation for Raising Serious Breach of Health and Safety Awarded €20,000
The case of Patrick O’Connor v Wexford County Council ADJ-00040852 involved a complaint under Section 28 of Health and Safety at Work Act (the “Act”) by the Complainant that he was penalised by the Respondent for raising a health and safety complaint of a very serious nature.
Complainant Summarily Dismissed Due to Anticipated Breach of Non-Compete Clause Receives Unfair Dismissal Award
The Complainant in Andrew Revell v Life and Balance Centre ADJ-00039884 was summarily dismissed for gross misconduct for being in breach or anticipated breach of his non-compete clause.