Trust Decision-Making
Over the years, the trust has been one of the favourite entities for farm ownership. Historically this has been for estate duty and tax reasons.
Redundancy
If you’re considering making redundancies in your business you need to be mindful of the business case that you must develop for consultation with your employees before you start the...
Mid-season dairy farm settlements
It’s now not uncommon for dairy farm settlements to occur mid-season. If you’re negotiating to buy or sell a dairy farm mid-season it‘s important that consideration is given to the...
New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards
If you have entered the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards and as part of the preparation for judging, you may like to consider getting a ‘legal audit’ or a review...
Resource consents: compliance and enforcement
The Resource Management Act 1991 contains significant financial penalties (fines) and an ability to impose a term of imprisonment.
Farm buildings to be exempt from assessments
In July the government announced farm buildings are to be exempt from the requirements for assessments under its earthquake-prone buildings policy
Looking after the intellectual property
“The issue of branding and marketing fruit has increased greatly in recent years as some of our horticultural industries have developed.
Who will be responsible on the farm?
“Last year we wrote an article that summarised the Report of the Independent Task Force on workplace health and safety.
Responsibility in the rural sector
One of the issues that the rural sector faces is clarity as to whose responsibility health and safety might be given the way that many rural businesses are structured and...
Minimum wage order change
The minimum wage order has been changed to include a fortnightly minimum wage rate; it became effective on 26 June 2014. This change affects salaried employees on fortnightly rosters.