by Reweti Kohere | Oct 28, 2022 | Company / Commercial, General
From local rugby clubs and pest eradication groups to unions and the New Zealand Automobile Association, tens of thousands of incorporated societies will grapple with impending and significant changes to how their membership-based organisations function in the 21st...
by Jenni McManus | Oct 28, 2022 | Administrative / Public
Friends, family, colleagues and members of the judiciary gathered at the Northern Club in Auckland on Thursday 20 October for a dinner, hosted by ADLS, to celebrate the career and retirement of veteran lawyer Arthur Young. Young, aged 87, had been a partner at Chapman...
by Steven Moe | Oct 28, 2022 | Company / Commercial
Changes are now before Parliament which, if passed into law, will see an amendment to s 131 of the Companies Act. That section is the foundation of the other duties as it contains the well-known phrase that directors: “…must act in good faith and in what the director...
by Anthony Grant | Oct 28, 2022 | Wills & Trusts
My last article was on the Court of Appeal’s decision in D v A [2022] NZCA 430. Can a child sue a parent for a breach of fiduciary duty? The court held, by a majority of two to one, that a father who had repeatedly raped his daughter and destroyed her life was not...
