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Statutory Demands

I am often asked to advise both creditors and debtors on statutory demands, and so in this article, I briefly comment on some of the more fundamental issues for creditors and debtors to be aware of.  A “statutory demand” is

Posted in Insolvency

Insolvent Transactions

When a company goes into liquidation, a liquidator has the power, in certain circumstances, to require a creditor who has received a payment from the company to pay that money back.  These are known as “insolvent transactions”, and while it

Posted in Insolvency

Importance of “Express Terms” in Contracts

In this article, we briefly consider a recent High Court decision involving the cancellation of a building contract (Van Der Wal Builders & Contractors Limited v Hanham [2013] NZHC 2284).  The builder (Van Der Wal Builders & Contractors Limited (“WBC”)) had

Posted in Construction Law