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Administrative & Public Law

  • Alert 24 | Legislation and Government
  • Gambling Law
  • Joseph on Constitutional and Administrative Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution

  • Alert 24 | Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Precedents 
  • Arbitration
  • Green & Hunt on Arbitration Law & Practice
  • Mediation in New Zealand

Bankruptcy & Insolvency

  • Alert 24 | Bankruptcy and Insolvency 
  • Corporate Insolvency Workflows 
  • Insolvency Law 
  • Insolvency Precedents 
  • The Law of Insolvency in New Zealand

Building & Construction

  • Alert 24 | Building and Construction
  • Building Law in New Zealand

Commercial & Contract

  • Alert 24 | Commercial
  • Banking and Finance Precedents 
  • Commercial Contracts Precedents
  • Competition Law in New Zealand
  • e-Commerce and the Law 
  • Falsehood Administrative & Public Law
  • Fair Trading
  • Franchising Precedents
  • Gault on Commercial Law 
  • Law of Charity
  • New Zealand Business Law Quarterly 
  • Partnerships and Joint Ventures Precedents
  • Sale and Purchase of a Business Precedents
  • Sale of Goods in New Zealand 
  • Telecommunications Law in New Zealand
  • The Ethical Lawyer: Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
  • The Law of Secured Credit 
  • Trade and Competition Law Reports of New Zealand (TCLR)

Company & Financial Markets

  • Alert 24 | Company and Securities
  • Anti-Money Laundering Workflows
  • Company Law
  • Corporate Law in New Zealand 
  • Company Precedents
  • Directors’ Duties
  • Financial Markets Law
  • Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers Precedents

Court Practice & Procedure

  • Alert 24 | Courts and Procedure
  • Civil Litigation Precedents
  • Civil Procedure: District Courts and Tribunals
  • Civil Litigation Workflows
  • Civil Remedies in New Zealand 
  • McGechan on Procedure
  • NZ Tribunals: Law and Practice
  • Principles of Civil Procedure 
  • Procedure Reports of New Zealand (PRNZ) 

Criminal

  • Adams on Criminal Law
  • Alert 24 | Criminal
  • Criminal Appeals and Reviews in New Zealand
  • Criminal Litigation Workflows
  • Criminal Precedents
  • Criminal Procedure in New Zealand
  • Criminal Reports of New Zealand (CRNZ)
  • Extradition Law in New Zealand
  • Misuse of Drugs
  • Parole in New Zealand: Law and Practice
  • Police Law and Practice in New Zealand 
  • Principles of Criminal Law
  • Sentencing Law in New Zealand
  • The Law of Criminal Investigation in New Zealand
  • Youth Justice in New Zealand

Employment

  • Alert 24 | Employment
  • Alert 24 | Safeguard Update
  • Employment Law
  • Employment Precedents
  • Employment Reports of New Zealand (ERNZ)
  • Health and Safety at Work in New Zealand: Know the Law
  • Health, Safety and ACC
  • Personal Grievances
  • Personal Grievances Precedents
  • Recruitment and Termination
  • Safeguard

Environment & Resources

  • Alert 24 | Your Environment
  • Environmental Handbook
  • Environmental Law in New Zealand
  • Environmental Law Reports of New Zealand (ELRNZ)
  • Resource Management
  • Resource Management Precedents
  • Resource Management Workflows
  • Salmon Environmental Law

Evidence

  • Expert Evidence in Civil Proceedings 
  • Forensic Science and the Law: A Guide for Police, Lawyers and Expert Witnesses

Family

  • Adult Relationships
  • Alert 24 | Family
  • Child Law
  • Family Precedents
  • Family Procedure
  • Family Property
  • Family Reports of New Zealand (FRNZ) 
  • Incapacity
  • Mental Health Law in New Zealand

Fisheries

  • Fisheries Law 
  • Fisheries Precedents

Health Law

  • Covid and the Law in Aotearoa New Zealand
  • Health Law in New Zealand 
  • Mental Capacity Law in New Zealand 

Human Rights & Immigration

  • Alert 24 | Immigration
  • Human Rights Law
  • Human Rights Reports of New Zealand (HRNZ)
  • International Human Rights Law in Aotearoa New Zealand
  • The Law of Religion in New Zealand 

Insurance

  • Colinvaux’s Law of Insurance in New Zealand 

Intellectual Property

  • Alert 24 | Intellectual Property 
  • Copyright Precedents
  • Information Technology Contracts Precedents 
  • James & Wells Intellectual Property Law in New Zealand 
  • Patents Precedents
  • Trade Marks Precedents

International Law

  • International Law in Aotearoa New Zealand 

Local Government

  • Alert 24 | Local Government
  • Local Government | Associated Legislation 
  • Local Government | Key Legislation 
  • Local Government Law in Aotearoa New Zealand 
  • Sale of Alcohol
  • Sale of Alcohol Precedents
  • Wells on Animal Law 

Māori Law

  • Native Land Court Cases & Commentary
  • Treaty Law: Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in Law and Practice 
  • Waking the Taniwha: Māori Governance in the 21st Century 

Media & Privacy

  • New Zealand Media and Entertainment Law 
  • Privacy Law in New Zealand 

People Management

  • Drafting Staff Handbooks
  • Employment Today - archive
  • Exiting Employees
  • Hiring Employees
  • HR Best Practice
  • HR Forms
  • Managing Performance
  • Payroll and Compliance
  • Protecting Employees
  • The Employment Agreement
  • Training Programmes

Personal Injury & Torts

  • Alert 24 | Personal Injury
  • Health, Safety and ACC
  • Personal Injury in New Zealand
  • Todd on Torts

Property

  • Alert 24 | Land 
  • Land Law 
  • New Zealand Land Law 
  • Property Precedents 
  • Residential Tenancy Law in New Zealand
  • Rural Property Precedents 

Social Welfare

  • Social Security and Welfare Law in Aotearoa New Zealand 

Taxes & Duties

  • ACC Booklets
  • Agents Answers
  • Alert 24 | Taxation
  • Alert 24 | Thomson Reuters Product Watch - Tax and Accounting
  • Booklets & Newsletters: General Business
  • Business Tax Update
  • Draft Rulings and Interpretations Table
  • Exposure Drafts
  • Fundamentals of Income Taxation
  • GST in New Zealand 
  • International and Cross-border Taxation 
  • IRD Public Information Bulletins
  • IRD Tax Information Bulletins
  • IRD Technical Rulings Manual
  • New Zealand Journal of Tax Law and Policy 
  • New Zealand Taxation Principles, Cases and Questions
  • Staples & Tax Rates Guide
  • Staples Tax Guide Archive
  • Tax Acts & Commentary
  • Tax Bills, Discussion Documents, & Officials’ Reports
  • Tax Examples & Scenarios
  • Taxation of Property Transactions in New Zealand 
  • Taxation Today
  • Tax Education Office Newsletters
  • Tax Education Office Seminars
  • Weekly Tax Bulletins & Media Releases

Transport

  • Aviation and Space Law 
  • Law of Transportation 
  • Maritime Law in New Zealand 

Trusts & Equity

  • Equity and Trusts in New Zealand 
  • Trusts Precedents 
  • Working with Trusts

Wills, Succession

  • Wills and Estates Precedents

Forms & Precedents

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution Precedents
  • Banking and Finance Precedents
  • Civil Litigation Precedents
  • Commercial Contracts Precedents
  • Company Precedents
  • Copyright Precedents
  • Criminal Precedents
  • Employment Precedents
  • Family Precedents
  • Fisheries Precedents
  • Franchising Precedents
  • Information Technology Contracts Precedents
  • Insolvency Precedents
  • Mergers, Acquisitions, and Takeovers Precedents
  • Partnerships and Joint Ventures Precedents
  • Patents Precedents
  • Personal Grievances Precedents
  • Property Precedents
  • Resource Management Precedents
  • Rural Property Precedents
  • Sale and Purchase of a Business Precedents
  • Sale of Alcohol Precedents
  • Trade Marks Precedents
  • Trusts Precedents
  • Wills and Estates Precedents