Information Requirements New Zealand has passed a law called the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (“the AML/CFT law” for short). The purpose of the law reflects New Zealand’s commitment to the international initiative to counter the impact that criminal activity has on people and economies within the global community. Recent changes

New Enduring Powers of Attorney Forms There have been recent legislative changes (to the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988) which will affect those seeking to make Enduring Powers of Attorney. Some of these changes include: (a) less restrictive requirements for mutual appointments (b)  the adoption of standard explanations to explain the effects

In this increasingly “digital” world  , have you ever stopped and thought about what might happen upon your death in terms of what becomes of your “digital” information. More and more of us are conducting our lives in cyberspace and therefore much of the information about us, our activities, interests, etc are contained in various

Those of us who are flat out doing what we do best often find ourselves in the position whereby we are “too busy” doing what we do to realise that we all need a steady flow of new work and/or repeat work. Have you ever thought that simply by going about your work and dealing

Welcome to the upgraded PGL blog. We want this to be a forum for some positive observations and comments rather than too much of the grizzles and gripes. What are the issues that really concern you? What tends to get you more excited than anything else? (be polite…). Let me start the ball rolling. One

Business – time to sharpen up? There is an old saying – “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. In tough times such as we are all experiencing at present, we are finding that businesses are benefiting from analyzing their approaches, philosophy and the way they go about doing things. some would say

Employment – issues for small business The National Government has introduced the controversial 90 day trial provisions for new employees. What does this mean for small businesses? I believe that this will only be good for them and will encourage employers by lessening the risk to them. Whatever the do-gooders suggest, the reality is that

Employment problems from the Employers perspective….. We recently had the unpleasant experience ourselves of being involved in an employment dispute involving a former staff member – a qualified Solicitor no less. The matter involved a very curious turn of events that, quite frankly, you wouldn’t normally expect to read about. Our former employee really got

Coping with tough times…… We have all heard the expression – “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. Well, for many businesses out there at present, times are certainly tough and the prognosis is for more hurt to come before things improve appreciably. So if you run or manage a small business what

The National Party has a policy which it intends to introduce whereby new employees are given a 6 month trial or probationary period during which certain different rules are to apply. Do you think this is a fair approach and a reasonable thing to do? Is it “fair” that employers and employees should have such