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Becroft and Hall's Transport Law

Service 226 is now available online.

The Land Transport (Motor Vehicle Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2011 has been amended. Commentary on the Land Transport Act 1998, Land Transport (Road User Rule) 2004, Sentencing Principles & Practice, and Traffic Court Practice and Procedure have been updated.
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Mazengarb’s Employment Law

Service 291 is now available.

This service includes updates to the following Parts of the Employment Relations Act 2000: Part 1 – Key provisions, Part 2 – Preliminary provisions, Part 6 Individual employees’ terms and conditions of employment; Schedule 3 - Provisions having effect in relation to Employment Court.

Update shave also been made to: Selected topic – Contractual aspects of employment, Selected topic – Wages, Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
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Practical Guidance: Family

Latest Legal Updates

Cooper v Pinney Supreme Court decision on trustee powers and the Property (Relationships) Act
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Seven new Family Court Associates appointed
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New Zealand Family Law Reports

Volume 2024 Part 5 is now available online.

Green v Blue — [2024] NZFLR 204

Parenting order — Stay — Appeal against parenting order — Interlocutory applications — Seeking to prevent overnight custody of child with father — Leave to adduce further evidence — Child with autism — Child unsettled by change — Father having history of alcohol abuse and drug use — Care of Children Act 2004 ss 5 48 and 143 — High Court Rules 2016 rr 20.10 20.16 and part 20.
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Volume 2024 Part 2 is now available online.

Perron v Winter — [2024] NZFLR 214

Relationship property — De facto relationship — Whether relationship a qualifying relationship — Abusive relationship — No mutual commitment to shared life — Application out of time — Application for extension of time — Time to be assessed from when relationship thought to have concluded — Two-month delay — Extension not granted — District Court Act 2016 ss 74 and 76 — Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ss 2D 2E 4 14 14A 15 18A 18B 18C 21A 21G 24 25 and 124 — District Court Rules 2014 r 14.12 — Family court Rules 2002 rr 193 194 and 207.
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Brown-Douglas v Hansford — [2024] NZFLR 234

Relationship property — Disposition of property — Separate property — Post-separation contributions — Whether half of family home disposed to trust — Trust set up prior to relationship — Trust buying half of family home — Yacht used for charter business prior to relationship — Whether also used for common benefit of parties — Sustenance of separate property — Loans — Entitlement to post-separation contributions — Contributions to mortgage — Occupation of family home post-separation — Property (Relationships) Act 1976 ss 1M 2 8(1)(ee) 17 18B 44 and 44C.
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Kennedy-Grant and Weatherall on Construction Law

Chapter 23: The impact of the tort of negligence on construction law has been reviewed and updated for the latest legislative and New Zealand and international case law developments by authors Tómas Kennedy-Grant KC and Michael Weatherall, Partner, Simpson Grierson.
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New Zealand Resource Management Appeals

Volume 2024 Part 11 is now available online.

Auckland International Airport Ltd v Auckland Council — [2024] NZRMA 484

Resource consent — Non-notification — Judicial review — Intensive housing development — Development under main flight path — Noise assessment — Discretionary activity — Whether decision not to notify wrong in law — Adverse effects of aircraft noise — Affected persons — Whether Auckland Airport affected person — Adequate information — Whether decision not to notify unreasonable — Flight path regulated by Aircraft Noise Overlay in Auckland Unitary Plan — Effect of reverse sensitivity on Auckland Airport — Whether adverse effects of development less than minor — Resource Management Act 1991 ss 92 95E 104(1) and 104(3)(d).
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Federated Mountain Clubs of New Zealand Inc v Griffin Creek Hydro Ltd — [2024] NZRMA 509

Interpretation — Concession — Water take — Resource consent — Conservation Act 1987 ss 2 3B and 5 — Resource Management Act 1991 s 5.
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Volume 2024 Part 12 is now available online.

Thorndon Quay Collective Inc v Wellington City Council — [2024] NZRMA 534

Local government — Judicial review — Council reconfiguring car parking to allow for cyclist safety — Requirements of local authority under Local Government Act 2002 — Compliance with decision making provisions — Whether Council abdicated some decision-making responsibilities — Obligation on Council to consider all reasonably practicable options — Reliance on person not authorised as sub-delegate to identify and assess options — Information requirements for consultation — Whether Council needing to have considered all reasonably practicable options before consultation — Relief — Local Government Act 2002 ss 5 76 77(1) 78 79 80 81 82 82A and part 6 — Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014.
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Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Ltd v Wellington City Council — [2024] NZRMA 560

Longstop limitation — Contribution claims — Interpretation — Building work — Law Reform Act 1936 ss 17 and 17(1)(c) — Limitation Act 2010 ss 4 30 34 and 50 — Building Act 2004 ss 390 392 393 393(2) and 420 — Limitation Act 1950 s 14.
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Practical Guidance: Practice Compliance

The Operations – health and safety and People Management topics have been reviewed and updated.
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Charities and Societies
The Law and Practice of Charities in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2nd edition
Susan Barker, Steven Moe, Mihiarangi Piripi & Tai Ahu

RRP*incl GST: $150.00 $135.00
ISBN: 9781988598123 (book)
ISBN: 9781988598130 (eBook)
Publication date: December 2024
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Criminal

Cross on Evidence, 12th edition
Andru Isac (editor)

RRP*incl GST: $149.99
ISBN: 9781988598901 (book)
Publication date: December 2024
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Crimes Act 1961, 27th edition

RRP*incl GST: $70.00 $63.00
ISBN: 9781991015235 (book)
Publication date: January 2025
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Family

Family Law Legislation, 22nd edition
This is a two-volume set.

RRP*incl GST: $160.00
ISBN: 9781991015211 (book)
Publication date: February 2025
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Land

Goodall and Hinde on Commercial Leases, 5th edition
Jason Goodall KC

RRP*incl GST: $220.00
ISBN: 9781988598918 (book)
Publication date: November 2024
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Wills, Probate, and Succession

Dobbie’s Probate and Administration Practice, 7th edition
John Earles, Greg Kelly, Chris Kelly, & Kevin Lenahan

RRP*incl GST: $450.00
ISBN: 9781988598949 (book)
Publication date: December 2024
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