December 2022

Trying to distil rules of general application from a case involving a bottom feeder that prays on vulnerable people is no easy task. So it is with the recent High Court decision declaring terms to be unfair in the context of the Fair Trading Act unfair contract terms regime.  I won’t dwell on the facts […]

The press release this week noting the response of the Auckland Mayor into a consultant’s report into the management of conflicts of interest at Eke Panuku (the urban regeneration and property management CCO for Auckland Council) may raise one or two eyebrows.  Specifically, the comments that: the report highlights that there is still work to