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Law & Regulation
Mainzeal’s Yan staves off bankruptcy proceedings - again
Former Mainzeal director Richard Yan has fended off bankruptcy proceedings yet again. A High Court judge said today that while Yan was clearly wealthy by New Zealand standards, he couldn’t work out whether he had enough to the pay $18 million he was ordered to pay in 2019....
Opinion
Jenny Ruth: JENNY RUTH: Metlifecare seems to think a formal move to oust the chair isn't material
Metlifecare apparently doesn't think a letter from a 5.4 percent shareholder requisitioning a meeting to vote on unseating chair Kim Ellis is a material matter that it needed to disclose to the NZX. That requisition from Hong Kong-based Maso Capital Partners was sent on Friday...
Law & Regulation
No clear benefit in transmission pricing decision - Trustpower
Trustpower will appeal the Electricity Authority’s decision to replace the transmission pricing guidelines, saying the new user-pays model to allocate costs doesn’t establish clear benefits. The electricity generator and retailer will seek a judicial review in the High Court o...
Law & Regulation
Judge keeps Stuff info secret - and her reasons why
Information relating to the dispute between Australia's Nine Entertainment and local media group NZME will stay under wraps until December, following a court ruling. The companies ended up at loggerheads over whether the Kiwi firm could force the larger Australian group to sti...
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With a professional career spanning New Zealand, Singapore, and London, Victoria Young has been with BusinessDesk since 2019, initially as a senior reporter before taking on the role of investigations editor in 2022, then editor in 2024.
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She has been instrumental in growing BusinessDesk as this country’s premium business news brand.
She was the 2023 recipient of a Brian Gaynor initiative grant.
Victoria holds law and arts degrees from Victoria University of Wellington.
You can follow her on Twitter @victoriayoung03 or connect with her on LinkedIn here.
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