February 15, 2018 In Bramwell Bate News By Bate Hallett

Changing Immigration Policies

New Zealand’s immigration landscape has been changing over the last year. New policies were implemented by the former National Government, and now the Labour-led Government (“Labour”) is set to implement its campaign policies in the coming months. The Former National Government Changes In April 2017, the National Government announced proposed changes to the Skilled Migrant Category (“SMC”) and the Essential Skill Work Visa (“ESWV”) for migrant visas. This was implemented on 28 August 2017. The SMC With a record number of migrants migrating to...

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November 10, 2017 In Bramwell Bate News By Bate Hallett

Christmas Snippets

Trading hours over Christmas As Christmas day is less than two months away, we think that now is a good time to give you a reminder about where you can purchase your festive booze on the day. Under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, only premises holding an on-licence can sell you liquor as they would on any ordinary day, if you are residing on the premises (as in a hotel situation) and dining in. In terms of the dining...

November 10, 2017 In Bramwell Bate News By Bate Hallett

Mediation in Employment Disputes

Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) methods are alternatives to going directly to court. Using ADR methods instead of pursuing the matter in court is usually more cost effective for all the parties involved, takes less time to resolve the dispute, and also relieves the court of cases they believe can be resolved between the parties without court assistance. This particular article will focus on mediation in the context of employment law and form a part of our ADR article series which...