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Financial Services News Alert - 22 December 2010
New conditions for Qualifying Financial Entities

Financial Services News Alert - 22 December 2010
FAA and FSPR: Definition, Exemption and Disclosure Regulations

Construction Update - December 2010
Supreme Court confirmed Councils' duty to leaky home owners

Environment News Alert - December 2010
Auckland Spatial Plan Cabinet Paper

China Newsletter
November/December 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 17 December 2010
Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Regulations

Cabinet Report
Week beginning 13 December 2010

Envirolink - December 2010
Christchurch City Council successfully wields its centres-based plan
Update on Auckland’s spatial plan
Review of the ETS on its way
Work continues on regulation of the EEZ

Technology Update - December 2010
Various articles

Financial Services News Alert - 10 December 2010
The Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act commencement date announced

Cabinet Report
Week beginning 6 December 2010

Minter Ellison Health News
8 December 2010

Private Client News - December 2010
Abolition of Gift Duty

Financial Services News Alert - 3 December 2010
Supreme Court Releases Bartle Decision

Minter Ellison Health News
2 December 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 1 December 2010
Financial Advisers Act - Exemption for brokers with trust account at overseas bank

Financial Services News Alert - 29 November 2010
Disciplinary committee for financial advisers announced

Envirolink - November 2010
Enabling aquaculture, restricting alcohol and expanding EPA powers

Minter Ellison Health News
24 November 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 25 November 2010
Financial Service Providers Exemption Regulations Released

Intellectual Property News - 25 November 2010
25 November 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 19 November 2010
Proposed Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

Minter Ellison Health News
17 November 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 18 November 2010
Not a “financial service provider”? Are you still caught and need to register by 1 December 2010?

Financial Services News Alert - 17 November 2010
Commission issues guidance on exemptions for financial advisers

Minter Ellison Health News
10 November 2010

Leasing Update
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) proposes to make significant changes to the accounting treatment of leases. These changes, which are expected to be included in a revised standard in 2011, are likely to have a significant impact on the banking and financial services sector.

Minter Ellison Health News
5 November 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 5 November 2010
Cabinet Paper – Proposed Regulations under the Financial Advisers Act 2008 and the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Employment Update - November 2010
Change is the one thing that can (perhaps unfortunately for employers) be counted on in employment law. In this edition of our Employment Update we discuss the progress of amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000 and the Holidays Act 2003, as well as two developing areas of common law that may be of relevance to your business.

Financial Services News Alert - 1 November 2010
Financial service providers – countdown to 1 December 2010 registration deadline

Envirolink - October 2010
Centralised Planning Continues

Asset Finance Update - 1 November 2010
Cape Town Convention and Protocol now effective

Minter Ellison Health News
27 October 2010

'Middle Earth' Employment News Alert
Law change brings certainty for the film industry

Minter Ellison Health News
22 October 2010

Introduction to Chapter 18
Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong

Financial Services News Alert - 22 October 2010
Commission consults on standard conditions for QFEs (Part 2)

Minter Ellison Health News
13 October 2010

AML/CFT Regulations Published - 12 October 2010
Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 kicks off

Financial Services News Alert - 8 October 2010
Non-bank deposit taker (NBDT) developments

Tax Update - October 2010
Cases
• Cockburn v C S Development No 2 Limited [2010] NZCA 373
• Tepe Holdings Limited v Commissioner of Inland Revenue HC Wellington CIV-2010-485-489, 13 September 2010
• Krukziener v Commissioner of Inland Revenue (2010) 24 NZTC 24,174
Legislation
• Taxation (Annual Rates, Trans-Tasman Savings Portability, KiwiSaver, and Remedial Matters) Bill enacted
• Tax Administration (Emergency Event – Canterbury Earthquake) Order 2010

Minter Ellison Health News
8 October 2010

Minter Ellison Health News
7 October 2010

Employment Update - October 2010
Secret ballot for Strikes Bill and Rest Breaks and Meal Breaks Bill

Litigation Update - Bank Fees Class Actions
In our May 2010 Litigation News Alert we reported on the proposed group litigation against leading banks in New Zealand and Australia over certain fees. The first class action was filed against ANZ National Bank (ANZ) on 21 September 2010 in Australia. We now provide a short update as to progress on both sides of the Tasman.

Minter Ellison Health News
1 October 2010

Corporate Governance Update - FMA Bill September 2010
The Financial Markets (Regulators and Kiwisaver) Bill which was recently introduced to Parliament and had its first reading on 23 September 2010. The Bill provides the FMA with broad powers for the oversight and regulation ot New Zealand's financial markets.

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News
29 September 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 28 September 2010
Commission consults on standard conditions for QFEs

Minter Ellison Health News
23 September 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 23 September 2010
Insurance advisers and mortgage brokers able to be voluntarily authorised

Minter Ellison Health News
16 September 2010

Corporate Update - September 2010
New Zealand companies required to have New Zealand resident director or agent

News Alert - 15 September 2010
Financial Markets (Regulators and KiwiSaver) Bill Introduced

Technology Update - September 2010
Perpetual licenses for software
Corporate Governance of Information Technology
Indentity Information Confirmation Bill
Government record keeping report
Privacy Amendment Act 2010

Insolvency News Alert - 9 September 2010
Insolvency Practitioners Bill

Financial Services News Alert - 9 September 2010
Commission consults on standard conditions for authorised financial advisers

Minter Ellison Health News
9 September 2010

Litigation Update - Current regulatory and litigation risks: What finance company directors need to know
Increasingly the conduct of finance company directors in New Zealand is under close scrutiny.

Financial Services News Alert - 7 September 2010
Updated guide for QFEs

Envirolink - September 2010
Government releases foreshore and seabed makeover - The Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Bill

Establishing a Business Update in Chinese 2010
An introductory overview to doing business in New Zealand and answers to some frequently asked preliminary questions in Chinese

Minter Ellison Health News
3 September 2010

Competition Update - September 2010
3 September 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 2 September 2010
Code of Conduct one step closer

Litigation Update - 2 September 2010
Impact of the new District Courts rules on debt recovery work in the current economic environment

Litigation Update - Highlights from the 2010 Annual Report released by the Securities Commission
The 67-page annual report (Annual Report) recently released by the Securities Commission (Commission) is an interesting read. For as Jane Diplock, the Commission’s Chairman, notes at the first page of the report: “the last twelve months have been among the most significant in the history of New Zealand’s financial market regulation”.

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News
30 August 2010

Real Estate Tax Update - August 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 31 August 2010
Reserve Dispute Resolution Scheme Rules Approved

Private Client News - August/September 2010
Watching brief
Residential care subsidies
Impact of gifting programmes
A trap

Minter Ellison Health News
26 August 2010

Energy Update - August 2010
Draft New Zealand Energy Strategy (NZES)
Draft New Zealand Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (NZEECS)
Electricity Industry Bill – 2nd Reading
Welcome to Sarah Sinclair – New energy partner

Envirolink - August 2010
Alcohol reform:
- Making the headlines
- More detail on - Licensing decisions, Local alcohol policies

Financial Services News Alert - 23 August 2010
New version of Code submitted to Commissioner for Financial Advisers

Employment Update - August 2010
Delivering on promises
Union access to the workplace
Communications during bargaining
Proposed amendments to the Holidays Act 2003

Financial Services Update - 19 August 2010
Anti-Money Laundering Discussion Document

Envirolink - August 2010
• Structure approved for Auckland's new Council Controlled Organisations
• Announcement on alcohol law reform expected shortly
• Record find imposed on companies for petrol station leak
• Council costs recoverable on direct referral to Environment Court
• Refocus on biofuels needed says PCE

Asset Finance Update - 19 August 2010
The Cape Town Effect

Litigation Update - August 2010
Legal Services Bill to reform legal aid

Financial Services News Alert - 17 August 2010
Draft Code of Professional Conduct for AFAs Rejected

Financial Services Update - 17 August 2010
Financial Advisers & Financial Service Providers - New Securities Commission guidance and new regulations

Financial Services News Alert - August 2010
Register of Financial Service Providers opens today

Minter Ellison Health News
12 August 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 10 August 2010
Implementation of Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009

Litigation Update - Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009
What banks need to know when mortgaged property is subject to the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009

Minter Ellison Health News
5 August 2010

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News - August 2010
A snapshot of recent case law, legislative amendments, and recent developments in the IP industry - in our sixth edition for 2010.

Corporate Governance News Alert - 2 August 2010
Former Feltex Directors found not guilty

Financial Services News Alert - 30 July 2010
Commissioner for financial advisers receives draft code

Minter Ellison Health News
29 July 2010

Envirolink - July 2010
Energy and resources to boost economic growth

Tax Update - July 2010
Penny & Hooper seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court
Saha v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2010] NZSC 89
Re Education New Zealand Trust HC Wellington CIV-2009-485-2301, 29 June 2010
Legislation
Inland Revenue publications and other announcements

Employment Update - July 2010
A summary of proposed legislative changes to the Employment Relations Act 2000 and the Holidays Act 2003

Minter Ellison Health News
15 July 2010

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News - July 2010
Latest news on designs, copyright, patents, designs and policy including Foo Fighters prepare for copyright fight in Australian Court and Google succeeds in $1 billion copyright infringement claim.

Minter Ellison Health News
8 July 2010

Establishing a Business in New Zealand Guide 2010
An introductory overview to doing business in New Zealand and answers to some frequently asked preliminary questions

Financial Services News Alert - 2 July 2010
Draft code released for consultation

Minter Ellison Health News
1 July 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 30 July 2010
Commissioner for financial advisers receives draft code

Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Deposit Taker Regulations Gazetted

Banking and Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Stage set for New Zealand to accede to the Cape Town Convention and Protocol

Minter Ellison Health News
24 June 2010

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News - June 2010
New Zealand's Patent Bill 2008 passes second reading.

Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Review of Securities Law – Discussion paper released

Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Financial Service Providers (Pre-Implementation Adjustments) Bill passed

Envirolink - 18 June 2010
Rights to Foreshore and Seabed restored

Minter Ellison Health News
17 June 2010

Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Securities Act (Transition to Securities Regulations 2009) Exemption Notice 2010

Tax Update - June 2010
Budget 2010
Commissioner of Inland Revenue v Ian David Penny and Gary John Hooper
Taxation Bill 2009

Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Financial Service Providers (Pre-Implementation Adjustments) Bill

Minter Ellison Health News
10 June 2010

Financial Services News Alert - June 2010
Upcoming compliance requirements under the new financial services laws

Envirolink - June 2010
- One Stop Shop Environmental Protection Authority
- New Environmental Reporting Obligations
- Government gets the ball rolling again on EEZ legislation
- Super City is a reality

Minter Ellison Health News
3 June 2010

Private Client News - June/July 2010
Welcome to the inaugural edition of our newsletter from the Private Client, Trusts and Estates Team

Competition Update - June 2010
Commerce Commission likely to gain powers to share information with overseas regulators

Envirolink - May 2010
- Auckland Governance Select Committee Report
- Board of Inquiry Report on Proposed New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement ‘released’
- Improving accountability of councils
- Public has its say on proposed soil NES

Minter Ellison Health News
27 May 2010

Banking & Finance Update - May 2010
New Zealand to accede to the Cape Town Convention and associated Aircraft Protocol

Minter Ellison Health News
21 May 2010

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News - May 2010
Third edition 2010: A snapshot of recent case law, legislative amendments, and recent developments in the IP industry.

Employment Update - May 2010
Replacement Labour during Industrial Action

News Alert - 18 May 2010
The leaky homes package – what will it mean for you?

News Alert - 14 May 2010
Christchurch law firms announce future lawsuits against leading New Zealand banks

Minter Ellison Health News
13 May 2010

Minter Ellison Health News
6 May 2010

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News - April 2010
Second edition 2010

Tax update - May 2010
Various cases

Insolvency News Alert
The government announced the introduction of the Insolvency Practitioners Bill to parliament last week. We discuss the new negative licensing system.

Financial Services News Alert - 4 May 2010
Proposed Changes to Financial Advisers Regime

Special Minter Ellison report - May 2010
A global competition review special report published in association with Minter Ellison: Enforcement Agencies 2010 (Australia)

Financial Services News Alert - 3 May 2010
Draft Code of Professional Conduct for Financial Advisers: our analysis

Envirolink - April 2010
- Proposed further legislative reform for the aquaculture industry
- Discounts on Council fees for lateness
- An update on the mining review
- The Law Commission's recommendations on alcohol law reform
- The review of the Foreshore and Seabed Act
- The proposed NES for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil
- New legislation replacing the Environment Canterbury councillors with Government appointed commissioners

News Alert - 29 April 2010
Minister announces big changes to financial services regulation

Minter Ellison Health News
29 April 2010

News Alert - 27 April 2010
A New Unit Titles Act - How Will This Affect You?

Minter Ellison Health News
22 April 2010

Competition Update - April 2010
Supreme Court limits the "extra" in extraterritorial. An important update on the judgement decision that limits the extraterritorial scope of the Commerce Act.

Minter Ellison Health News
15 April 2010

Corporate News Alert - 15 April 2010
The Nuplex case

Technology Update - April 2010
Various Articles

Minter Ellison Health News
8 April 2010

Energy in Australia and New Zealand (7th edition)
The seventh edition of this publication provides a detailed overview of the energy sector in Australia and New Zealand, supported by a comprehensive series of maps and tables. If you would like a copy of the publication please contact moreinfo@minterellison.co.nz

Tax Update - April 2010
Various cases

Special ME Report: Recent China Transactions
A profile of over 30 Chinese transactions in which the firm has recently been involved in respect of Australian interests.

Special ME Report: Greenhouse Gas Emission Offsets in Australia
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the voluntary market.

Financial Services News Alert - 31 March 2010
The Code Committee has today released the draft code of professional conduct for financial advisers.

Minter Ellison Health News
31 March 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 29 March 2010
Securities Commission guidance on the boundary between a financial planning service and advice

Minter Ellison Intellectual Property News - March 2010
First edition 2010

Minter Ellison Health News
25 March 2010

News Alert - 24 March 2010
New KiwiSaver guidance on distribution and disclosure

Envirolink - March 2010
Stocktake of Schedule 4 - March 2010

Corporate Governance Update - March 2010
New directors and historic breaches of the Securities Act

Financial Services News Alert - 19 March 2010
New Financial Advisers Act changes

Financial Services News Alert - 18 March 2010
Code Committee announces public meetings to consult on draft Code

Minter Ellison Health News
18 March 2010

Minter Ellison Health News
11 March 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 10 March 2010
KiwiSaver changes

Employment Update - March 2010
Review of personal grievances - Government discussion paper

Minter Ellison Health News
5 March 2010

Tax Update - March 2010
General update (tax cases, Inland Revenue publications, Australia Tax Office publications and other developments since our last Tax Update in December 2009)

Tax Update - March 2010
Changes to resident withholding tax and prescribed investor rates

Australian & New Zealand Trade Practices Law Bulletin - March 2010
Cartel criminalisation in NZ: a remedy for cancers on the open market economy?

Financial Services News Alert - 26 February 2010
Credit ratings for non-bank deposit takers – disclosure guidance: a wrap may be required if insufficient rating disclosure from Monday 1 March 2010.

Minter Ellison Health News
25 February 2010

Corporate News Alert
Important Announcement 24 February 2010: Government not introducing filing for large non-issuer companies.

Financial Services News Alert - 18 February 2010
Government responds to Capital Market Development Taskforce – Changes for financial services sector.

Financial Services Update Newsletter
Anti-Money Laundering Discussion Document

Minter Ellison Health News
18 February 2010

Financial Services News Alert - 17 February 2010
The Financial Services Providers (Pre-Implementation Adjustments) Bill passed its first reading in Parliament last night.

Financial Services News Alert - February 2010
AML/CFT Discussion Document Released

Minter Ellison Health News
10 February 2010

Financial Services News Alert - February 2010
Reserve Bank Consulting on Non-Bank Deposit Takers (NBDTs)

Envirolink - February 2010
Environmental Developments in 2010

Tax Alert - February 2010
New Zealand Government Tax Reform Announcement Today

Minter Ellison Health News
5 February 2010

Australian & New Zealand Trade Practices Law Bulletin - February 2010
M&A News: Further draft guidelines released as quiet period for mergers continues.

Competition Update - January 2010
Cartel Criminalisation

Minter Ellison Health News
28 January 2010

Employment Update - January 2010
Happy Holidays - the Holidays Act review

Financial Services News Alert - January 2010
Financial Advisers Act

Competition Update - January 2010
Cartel Criminalisation

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