Active Investor Plus Visa | John Steel, Gibson Sheat Lawyers New Zealand
Active Investor Plus Visa – Now Available Are you seeking a pathway to becoming a New Zealand permanent resident? Up until recently applicants seeking permanent residency could apply under the Investor 1 and 2 category resident visas. That pathway has ...
Sep 20, 2022
Tenille Burnside & Nicola Peak strengthen Gibson Sheat Lawyers Senior Ranks | Wellington
Gibson Sheat welcomes a Senior Associate with the promotion of sports law expert Tenille Burnside Tenille got the nod after joining the firm’s commercial and sports law team just last year. Her practice focuses on guiding sports organisations through ...
Sep 11, 2022
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Preparing for your AGM | Incorporated Societies | Gibson Sheat Lawyers
Preparing for your AGM: An Annual General Meeting, also known as an AGM, is a meeting of the general membership held once a year by many sport and recreation organisations. If you’re an incorporated society, you will need to hold at least one general ...
Jun 15, 2022
Trust Act 2019
The new Trusts Act 2019 (“the Act”) introduces a presumption that the trustees of a trust must make available “basic” trust information to the beneficiaries of a trust. There are several factors that trustees may take into account when deciding to make ...
May 24, 2022
Employment Law
The Fair Pay Agreements Bill (“the Bill”) provides a framework for employee unions and employer representatives of a specific industry or occupation to bargain fair pay agreements (“FPAs”). FPAs are intended to set out base minimum wage rates, normal ...
May 24, 2022
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Sports Law Incorporated Societies
The new Act has now passed into law. It is intended to make incorporated societies more robust from a governance standpoint, by introducing officers duties and requirements for dispute resolution processes. There is a transition period during which ...
Apr 21, 2022
Removal and appointment of trustees who have lost capacity
New Zealand’s trust law had the most significant development in over 60 years when the Trusts Act 2019 (the Act) came into force early last year. The Act serves to clarify and improve the accessibility of trust law. This includes setting out how a ...
Apr 21, 2022
Supporting gender diversity through governance structures
With the recent celebrations of International Women’s Day on 8 March, and the introduction of the Incorporated Societies Act 2022, it is an opportune time to reflect on the diversity of your organisation and how you can take steps through governance to ...
Apr 6, 2022
Vaccine Mandates - the High Court decision on NZDF & Police
Yardley v Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety – understanding the decision declaring the government’s NZDF and Police vaccination mandates unlawful. Note - 23 March 2022: The Government has significantly loosened Covid-19 rules, removing vaccine ...
Mar 21, 2022
The Party on the Lawn
The Party on the Lawn – was it okay for Trevor Mallard to use music without permission or payment? Those who live in glass houses have been throwing stones. National MP Melissa Lee asked a series of questions of Speaker of the House of Parliament Trevor ...
Mar 20, 2022
Remote or electronic witnessing and signing
The practice of signing documentation is a simple, yet vital, element of the legal profession, serving as a form of identification, as well as evidence of a party’s agreement to a document’s terms. Being such an integral part of law and business, it ...
Mar 10, 2022
Code of Conduct for Players, Coaches & Parents.
With schools starting up and school sport resuming, it is a good time for sport organisations to review and update their Code of Conduct. Your Code of Conduct should set out the expected behaviour for everyone involved – from centrefield to the sideline. ...
Mar 10, 2022
Sports Organisations - Using & Enforcing Covid-19 Vaccine Passes
Vaccine Passes play an important role within New Zealand’s traffic light system. Sports organisations need to put measures in place to protect their participants, and to ensure they are compliant with the COVID-19 Protection Framework, which may restrict ...
Feb 14, 2022
Construction: Can you de-risk inflation?
By the time you can finally make ends meet, they move the ends. We are not at the point – yet – where we will need a wheelbarrow of cash to buy a loaf of bread, but contractors may feel that way when it comes to purchasing materials. We hear every day ...
Feb 10, 2022
HOME BUYERS GUIDE - Buying off the plans (Part 1)
What is it? Buying a property that has not yet been built, or is in the process of being built, is commonly called buying “off the plans”. There are quite a few differences compared to buying a property that already exists. Buying off the plans is often ...
Jan 25, 2022
HOME BUYERS GUIDE - Buying off the plans (Part 2)
In part two of our Home Buyers Guide: Buying off the Plans, we explore the 'nuts and bolts' of this increasingly popular home-buying option. What is it? Buying a property that has not yet been built, or is in the process of being built, is commonly ...
Jan 24, 2022
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End of Life Choice Act: understanding the process
The End of Life Choice Act 2019 (the Act) came into effect on 7 November 2021, 12 months after two-thirds of referendum voters voted in favour of legalising medically assisted dying in New Zealand. It is the most significant change in New Zealand health ...
Dec 13, 2021
Taxes on utes rules
The Government is taking action in line with the advice of the Climate Change Commission to increase uptake of low emission vehicles by introducing a range of measures that will help meet New Zealand’s 2050 carbon neutral target. The Land Transport ...
Nov 24, 2021