http://bellgully.com ../gfx/bell_gully_logo.gif http://bellgully.com Latest news and updates from Bell Gully - Litigation. http://www.bellgully.com Copyright 2006 Bell Gully. All Rights Reserved. webmaster@bellgully.com?subject=RSS_Query 60 en-us In a recent investigation, a party provided commercially sensitive information to the Commerce Commission in response to a section 98 notice and requested a confidentiality order under section 100 of the Commerce Act 1986 (the Act). http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01896.asp Property investors often incorporate new companies for specific transactions. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01941.asp 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. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01824.asp 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. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01769.asp 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. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01757.asp 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. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01689.asp 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. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01682.asp 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. http://bellgully.com/resources/resource.01633.asp