Dukesons Business Law Blog
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The blog focuses exclusively on Business Law and Employment Law. Dukesons Business Law provides legal services to New Zealand businesses and to overseas businesses operating in New Zealand (including branches and subsidiaries of overseas companies).
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
The question of whether an employer can mandate that some or all employees must be vaccinated isn’t an easy question to answer ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
Without any fanfare, a new schedule 3A has been inserted into the Employment Relations Act 2000, which sets out employer obligations when dismissing employees who, contrary to a vaccination mandate ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
I will list some key sources of Covid 19 aid for employers and employees and then express a personal view on several matters ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
A recent case illustrates the point that the effectiveness or usefulness of a Shareholders Agreement will depend on the time and effort that’s put into it. That’s a point that I’ve made in several ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
One lesson from COVID 19 is that going forward, parties need to consider in more detail what should be in their contract to deal with unexpected events that are beyond their control ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
The fact that an employee didn’t sign an EA with a 90 day trial period clause in it until arriving to start work didn’t invalidate the trial period clause. However the employer couldn’t rely on the ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
The PPSA is at odds with traditional legal concepts. Ownership of goods may count for little if a debtor becomes insolvent. Creditors that have a security interest over the debtor’s property may be ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
In Arachchige v Rasier New Zealand Limited and Uber B.V, the Employment Court decided in a recent case that a Uber driver was a contractor and not an employee ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
NEWS FLASH: Terms of Trade are your core business document. What’s provided in them must be practical and reflect how YOU carry on YOUR BUSINESS as well as covering the many legal issues that can ..read more
Dukesons Business Law Blog
2y ago
In Barry, it was decided that a builder who was engaged as a contractor was in reality an employee. In my view, the decision is correct on the facts ..read more