Employment Law

• Advice on the application and compliance with various statutes (Employment Relations Act, Public Service Act, Holidays Act)
• Review and drafting of workplace polices
• Review, advice and drafting employment agreements
• Design of restructuring (substance and process)
• Performance management
• Work place investigations
• Dealing with misconduct and serious misconduct including warnings and dismissals
• Advice on defending and bringing personal grievances and negotiating whether through mediation or otherwise settlements

Public Law

• Assist agencies to understand public law obligations
• Assist businesses in dealing with government
• Assist professionals to understand and deal with regulatory body requirements
• Assist people to understand their rights when affected by government and other regulatory body decisons

Education law

Understanding of the sector, constitutional, operational and strategic advice including

• Drafting templates, policies, statutes, regulations and procedures
• Advising on employment matters (restructuring, performance management, dismissals, good faith and legislative obligations)
• Designing the contractual framework (enrolment, contracts with suppliers and other providers, placement agreements, funding from government)
• Dealing with investigations of staff, students, and programmes
• Dealing with misconduct, suspension, exclusion of students (schools and tertiary)
• Responding to complaints and class actions (tertiary)
• Advice on decisions by accreditation and other statutory bodies
• Advice on powers, functions and duties and wider statutory construct (OIA, Privacy Act, Ombudsman Act, NZ Bill of Rights Act, Human Rights Act
• School closures, tertiary institution disestablishment and incorporation
• School zoning issues,
• Teacher disciplinary matters
• Funding agreements (banks and government)
• Purchases of businesses, intellectual property, branding, operating models
• Working as legal rep on integration team
• Dealing with investigations by Office of the Privacy Commissioner, Ombudsman, Office of Auditor General and other statutory bodies) Appearing Human Rights Review Tribunal
• Various judicial reviews (with Queens Counsel)
• Acting in conjunction with offshore lawyers on various agreements with offshore bodies (including World Bank and other entities ) for services and ventures in New Zealand and offshore.

Property and Construction

• Commercial buildings- purchase, lease and sale, rental reviews and arbitrations,
• Farm purchases, sales and leasing
• Commercial construction documents – design team, project management, contractor (including greenfield and refurbishment) and associated Building Act matters in varying scales from single occupier of commercial building to campus development.
• Weather tight homes disputes
• Construction disputes
• Residential sale and purchase
• Boundary disputes including river boundaries
• Public Works Act opinions and Resource Management Issues (with counsel

Business Law

• Developing foundation documents (company incorporation, shareholders deeds)
• Parting ways – sale of shares and other considerations
• Terms of trade – review or develop
• Supplier agreements
• Relevant regulatory and other requirements.
• Sale and purchase of businesses – due diligence