Metlifecare stoush will be difficult and expensive, court told
By Victoria Young | Thu, 28 May 2020
Metlifecare says its upcoming court showdown with EQT and subsidiary Asia Pacific Village Group will be “difficult and expensive” as it makes legal moves to proceed with the $1.5 billion t...
Why directors must ignore their instincts in the time of covid-19
By Victoria Young | Tue, 26 May 2020
Former judge and insolvency expert Paul Heath, QC, says company directors must take a counter-intuitive approach to business due to covid-19. He has implored the government to advocate that busin...
One last chance for Feltex investors
By Victoria Young | Mon, 25 May 2020
The judge presiding over the Feltex investor case has given its funder one last chance to pay up or the case will be struck out. Justice Robert Dobson has given Tony Gavigan’s Joint Action Funding...
NZ branch of global law firm cuts pay by up to 30%
By Victoria Young | Fri, 15 May 2020
DLA Piper has cut partner draws, and reduced staff pay by up to 30 percent to avoid redundancies in response to the expected economic downturn from covid-19. And its country head has suggested it w...