Company directors may face personal liability for employment law breaches
Introduction Company directors have been put on notice: they may be held to be personally liable for their company’s employment law breaches; even if they genuinely believed the company was complying with its legal obligations. In a judgment issued on 20 December 2021, the Court of Appeal in A Labour Inspector v Southern Taxis Ltd[1] considered […]
Investments, Gifts And Business Interests
What impact does separation have on my or our business interests? Separation can impact your business interests. For example, if you have shares in a company that you have acquired during your relationship, your ex-partner is presumed to have an equal entitlement to them when you separate. This applies even though your ex-partner may have […]
Our home, and other property
Who will remain in the family home? Separation has a range of practical consequences, one of which is significant change to your living arrangements. Couples often remain living together right up until they formally separate. Then what? You will have to decide who keeps the home in the long term when deciding how to divide […]
Recent US Court case Zuru v Glassdoor serves as wake up call for New Zealand Employers
The California-based website Glassdoor Incorporated (“Glassdoor”) recently lost a case brought against it by New Zealand-based company ZURU Toys New Zealand Limited (“Zuru”). Personal information surrounding anonymous reviews must now be released from Glassdoor to Zuru to allow them to pursue a defamation claim against suspected present and past employees who expressed their resentment of […]