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- Anderson Lloyd welcomes Dean Palmer to the partnership
- Jun 2009Anderson Lloyd is pleased to welcome to the partnership, Dean Palmer.
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- Le Sud comes to the Christchurch Arts Festival
- Jun 2009Playwright Dave Armstrong has twice won Best New New Zealand Play (Niu Sila, The Tutor) and Best Comedy Script at the 2003 AFTA TV Awards (Spin Doctors). His musical play King and Country has played to over 10 festivals throughout New Zealand. Co-creator of the TV comedy Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby, Dave's other TV credits include Skitz, The Semisis, Spin Doctors, Bro'town (script editor) and Staunch (script consultant). Dave is also author of True Colours, a satirical account of the 1996 election. Dave talks about his upcoming Christchurch Arts Festival play, Le Sud, which is sponsored by Anderson Lloyd.
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- Changes to Resource Management Act delayed
- Jun 2009The Local Government & Environment Select Committee considering the Resource Management (Simplifying & Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2009 will now report back to Parliament 5 weeks later than intended. The new report back date is 27 July.
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- Immigration Advice - The Good, The Bad and the (potentially) Ugly
- May 2009In this article Anderson Lloyd Partner, Sally McMillan takes a look at recent legislative changes involving regulation of immigration consultants and advisors and the implications for employers who have in the past provided immigration advice or assistance to their staff.
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- What if the French colonised the South Island first?
- May 2009Just imagine if French success was not just confined to recent World Cup rugby dominance over the All Blacks but began with beating the British to the spoils of South Island colonisation.
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- The Changes Proposed to the Unit Titles Bill
- Apr 2009The Unit Titles Bill was introduced to the House on 5 March 2009. The Bill repeals and replaces the Unit Titles Act 1972, which governs multi-unit developments such as apartment blocks, townhouses, and office buildings. The Bill is the result of a comprehensive review of the Act, which was announced in November 2003.
The purpose of the Bill and its key features are summarised in this article by Anderson Lloyd Solicitor, Blake Holgate.
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- Wind Farm Noise - Acoustics - Revised Draft Standard DZ6808
- Mar 2009Standards New Zealand is inviting public comment on draft Standard DZ6808 Acoustics - Wind Farm Noise. The Draft Standard is a revision of the 1998 version, NZS 6808: 1998 Acoustics – The assessment and measurement of sound from wind turbine generators. Comments on the Draft Standard must be submitted by 30 April 2009, either online or via the comment form that is available for download.
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- Rangitata South Irrigation Scheme gets green light
- Mar 2009Commissioners have a granted Rangitata South Irrigation Limited a suite of consents to construct and operate a community irrigation scheme on the south side of the Rangitata River, near Arundel.
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- Trans-Tasman cross border insolvency to be enhanced
- Mar 2009Following a recent meeting with the Australian Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, the New Zealand Minister of Commerce, Simon Power, has announced an intention for work to begin immediately in both Australia and New Zealand to enhance trans-Tasman cross border insolvency arrangements. Anderson Lloyd Commercial Partner, Ben Johnston considers the implications.
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- Review of Overseas Investment regulations likely to be welcomed
- Mar 2009Overseas investors will welcome the National Government's review of the overseas investment approval process, according to Anderson Lloyd Partner, Lesley Brook.
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- Le Sud – a brand new comedy by Dave Armstrong
- Mar 2009Anderson Lloyd is the proud sponsor of the play Le Sud written by Dave Armstrong that premieres in April as part of the Southern Lakes Festival of Colour and as it tours over the next 18 months to various other South Island Festivals. Considering the possibilities of a French speaking socialist South Island, Dave Armstrong explains how a boyhood history lesson inspired his idea for Le Sud and how close last year's New Zealand general election outcome paralleled the political characters from Le Sud.
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- Resource Management (Simplifying & Streamlining) Amendment Bill 2009
- Feb 2009The Government's promised changes to the Resource Management Act were introduced into Parliament on 19 February 2009. The Bill is now before the Local Government and Environment Select Committee which is receiving submissions until 3rd April 2009. Some of the notable changes proposed by the Bill are:
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