The farming industry and its advisors are concerned about the impact of M. bovis on their farming operation, livestock and livelihood, irrespective of the amount of compensation that may be available from the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI). While the industry is endeavouring to work towards...
New Zealand has passed a law called the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (we will call it the AML/CFT law). The purpose of the law reflects New Zealand’s commitment to the international initiative to counter the impact that criminal activity has...
Dairy, General News, Sharemilking & Contract Milking / 24.04.2018
Dairy Farm Transactions and Fonterra
It is an opportune time to share with you, potential issues farmers need to consider when buying and selling dairy farms that supply Fonterra....
Employment / 04.04.2018
Unjustified dismissal
As an employer, it is crucial that you are aware of your legal responsibilities when dealing with your employees. Being unaware of the law or not keeping up to date with changes to the law, will not be a defence if there is a breakdown...
General News / 21.12.2017
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone! Firstly we’d like to thank you for your support this year. Without our clients we wouldn’t be in business and we are grateful for your support and loyalty. We love our work and are passionate about helping the rural sector and making...
General News / 24.11.2017
Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year
Rachel, Chris & Sandy attended the NZ Law Awards last night at the Cordis, Auckland and were delighted to win the Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year award for the third year running!...
General News / 15.09.2017
NZ Law Awards Finalists
We’re proud to announce we are finalists in this year’s NZ Law Awards in two categories: Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year and Employer of Choice for under 50 employees....
Dairy, General News / 17.03.2017
Sponsors of NZ Dairy Industry Awards 2017
We are proud to again sponsor this year’s NZ Dairy Industry Awards for the Auckland/Hauraki, Waikato, Central Plateau and Bay of Plenty districts. What a great few nights we’ve had at the award evenings....
General News / 22.12.2016
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
Our offices are currently closed over the Christmas period and will reopen at 8.30am on Wednesday 11th January....
Congratulations to this year’s sports scholarship winners Holly & Luke Gardner and Jordan Berry!...