Litigation
Bell Gully's litigation practice is New Zealand's largest and widely acknowledged as its strongest. With a team of experts covering the full range of commercial and public law expertise, our practice deals with complex and contentious commercial disputes in all areas, including, banking and finance, corporate and securities, employment, insurance, intellectual property, media, tax, property and public law. Our team of more than 50 barristers and solicitors regularly appear before courts and tribunals at all levels and are involved in a significant proportion of the major commercial litigation conducted in New Zealand. During the last five years, we have appeared in more than 60 cases reported in the New Zealand Law Reports, the official publication of leading cases. 
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News & Events
Tuesday 15 July 2008
Bell Gully partner appointed to the Accounting Standards Review Board
Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel has today announced the appointment of Bell Gully partner Ralph Simpson as a new member of the Accounting Standards Review Board (ASRB) for a five-year term.
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Related topics: Litigation, Commercial Law
Friday 27 June 2008
Court of Appeal finds vendors in NZ Bus not liable
The Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court's landmark finding of accessory liability for breach of the Commerce Act against the vendors of Mana Coach Services to New Zealand Bus Limited.
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Article posted by Jenny Cooper, Senior Associate | Related topics: Competition, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Practical perspective on terminating contracts
Bell Gully senior associate Tim Clarke has discussed major developments around the termination of contracts at a masterclass seminar on contract law held in Auckland in May.
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Related topics: Litigation
Friday 2 May 2008
Customer discounts: surely always a good thing?
Offering customers discounts and rebates is standard practice in many industries, and as a general rule straight discounts - where customers receive a discount to reflect the efficiencies associated with increasing volumes - do not raise competition law issues.
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Article posted by Torrin Crowther, Senior Associate | Related topics: Competition, Corporate, Litigation
Tuesday 15 April 2008
Multi million US technology case brings reminder for New Zealand business
A case in which a major US company is suing software developer SAP claiming a "complete failure" of multi-million dollar system brings some timely reminders on technology contracts for New Zealand business.
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Related topics: Technology, Commercial Law, Litigation
Monday 10 March 2008
Closer Enforcement Relations
The pecuniary penalty and offence provisions of the Commerce Act 1986 are penal laws which at common law the courts of foreign countries do not enforce. A Trans-Tasman Working Group has recommended fundamental changes to the current position in New Zealand and Australia and a Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill is expected to be introduced later this year.
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Article posted by Simon Ladd, Senior Associate | Related topics: Competition, Litigation
Monday 10 March 2008
Do it once and do it right: message for developers
Appeals to the High Court from the Environment Court are rarely successful. In the past year, we are aware of only three successful appeals against Environment Court decisions, out of a total of 15 appeals. The lesson for developers – do it once and do it right.
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Article posted by Josh McBride, Senior Associate and Nick Goodger, Solicitor | Related topics: Environment/Resource Management, Litigation, Property
Friday 29 February 2008
Urgent law change needed to remedy serious flaw in new insider trading laws
New insider trading laws which come into force today will expose management of listed companies to a risk of liability, if they pass unpublished price sensitive information to other managers or directors who hold shares in the company.
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Article posted by Roger Partridge, Partner and Jenny Cooper, Senior Associate | Related topics: Securities and Capital Markets, Litigation
