2020 was a big year. From a socio-legal and political perspective, many legislatures and judiciaries around the world have dealt with issues arising from national elections, a global pandemic, and collective action reform. In Australia, the parliamentary enquiry into litigation funding for...

The collapse of CBL Corporation Limited (in liquidation) (CBL Corporation) and related companies, including CBL Insurance Limited (in liquidation) (CBL Insurance), heralds in a new dawn for complex litigation in New Zealand. Never before has the same subject-matter birthed as many class actions...

Economic disparity redress aims to compensate a spouse or partner for disparity that occurs at the end of a relationship because of the division of functions within the relationship. While the aim of economic disparity is commendable, in practice, the application and quantification of an...

This article aims to address some of the more conceptual questions about companies sitting behind two recent cases. Lord Scott in the House of Lords described Stone & Rolls as difficult but the facts in Stone & Rolls and Safeway could hardly be simpler. Stone & Rolls involved a claim by a...

This chapter will consider and add to the research on corporate governance in New Zealand listed companies. There is little evidence of investigation over the past ten years of the issue of the levels of common ownership and control in large listed companies in New Zealand. We will use...

Between 2006 and 2010 approximately 32 finance companies went into receivership, liquidation or were bailed out by the Government in New Zealand. The total combined outstanding debt from these failures exceeds NZD$5.3 billion. Excessive, unregulated, and in some cases, undisclosed, related party...