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Practical Articles

• Restoring a Company to Register
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: June, 2002
• Renewing Leases - Tenants And Landlords Beware
  Firm: Burnard Bull & Co
  Date: June, 2002
• Earnouts - Bridging the Expectation Gap
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• More Popular Than Ever: Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances
  Firm: Quigg Partners
  Date: May, 2002
• Government Set to Change Law to Protect Employees in Sale or Transfer of Business or Contracting Out of Work
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• Legal Apects of Brand Management
  Firm: Baldwin Shelston Waters
  Date: May, 2002
• Legal Tips on Brand Management for Marketers
  Firm: Baldwin Shelston Waters
  Date: May, 2002
• Retirement Villages Bill - Added Security for Residents
  Firm: Hesketh Henry
  Date: May, 2002
• Recent Merger Case: The National Foods/New Zealand Dairy Foods decision
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• PPSA - Act Now!!
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• The Securities Markets and Institutions Bill and the proposed Continuous Disclosure Regime
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• Your Rights as a Shareholder in a Closely Held Company
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: May, 2002
• Directors Beware
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Practical Experience under the Takeovers Code
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Proposed Changes to Minority Buy-Out Provisions
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Transfers of Holiday Pay on Business Sale
  Firm: KPMG Legal
  Date: May, 2002
• Indemnities: Company Directors
  Firm: Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
  Date: April, 2002
• What's New With Hazardous Substances?
  Firm: Pitt & Moore
  Date: April, 2002
• Keeping your Outsourcing Agreement Flexible and Change Friendly
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: April, 2002
• Microsoft Licensing - Software Assurance: Being Sold, Not Told.
  Firm: Clendon Feeney
  Date: April, 2002
• Group Investment Funds - changes afoot
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: March, 2002
• Directors And Officers Liability Insurance
  Firm: Webster Malcolm & Kilpatrick
  Date: March, 2002
• ASX Listing Rules Changes - Discussion Paper Raises Eyebrows on Both Sides of the Tasman
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: February, 2002
• Code Clarifies Cost Issue
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: February, 2002
• Improvements to Companies Office Online Administration
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: February, 2002
• Ensuring the tenant is bound by all lease terms on assignment
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Re-entry and distraint
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• "Progressive" decision shows new competition test has teeth
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Administrative guidelines, policies or practice manuals
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Checklist to ensure Heads of Agreement are binding
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• New law for businesses contracting out, selling or transferring ownership
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Reasonable/best endeavours - what does it mean?
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• The problem of phoenix companies and recent initiatives
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: December, 2001
• Payment in response to statutory demand outside ordinary course of business
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: November, 2001
• Payments received from guarantor required to be deducted from claims in liquidation of the principal debtor
  Firm: Phillips Fox
  Date: November, 2001
• A Brief Guide to the Companies Act 1993
  Firm: Gibson Sheat
  Date: November, 2001
• Thinking of Investing in an IT Company?
  Firm: Hesketh Henry
  Date: October, 2001
• Keeping the Intellectual Property Shop in Order
  Firm: Simpson Grierson
  Date: September, 2001
• Offering Shares to the Public And The Securities Act
  Firm: Anderson Lloyd Caudwell
  Date: August, 2001
• Legal Framework Of Franchises In New Zealand And Australia
  Firm: Baldwin Shelston Waters
  Date: August, 2001
• A Practical Guide To Border Protection In New Zealand
  Firm: Baldwin Shelston Waters
  Date: June, 2001
• Incoterms 2000 - Standard Trade Terms Commonly Incorporated In Contracts For Sale Of Goods
  Firm: Hesketh Henry
  Date: June, 2001
• E-Commerce And The Code For Consumer Protection
  Firm: Wynn Williams & Co
  Date: June, 2001
• Key Differences from the Australian Corporations Law
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2001
• Sharemarket Credibility on the Line Under Takeovers Code
  Firm: Bell Gully
  Date: March, 2001
• The Takeovers Code in Detail
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2001
• The Takeovers Code in Summary
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2001
• Director's Duties Outside the Companies Act 1993
  Firm: Russell McVeagh
  Date: March, 2001

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