Join us for our first webinar of 2024 on essential and developing issues in employment law, with a review of recent landmark Employment Court cases and their application in the post-election environment. Topical issues will include:
- Gloriavale decision– slave, volunteer or genuine employee? The Court’s analysis of the true nature of the working relationship and implications for employer and worker when the working arrangement is incorrectly described.
- The Uber decision and appeal – employee or independent contractor? Have the legal tests kept up with the evolution of the gig economy in New Zealand and how future employee/contractor distinctions may develop.
- NZ Customs Service decision – What are “good employer” standards in the public service and how do they differ from private sector obligations? The application of tikanga and tikanga values in the employment relationship. Potential distinctions between tikanga in the public and private sectors, how tikanga will be applied in practice and may develop in the future in the workplace and in workplace disputes.
Our speakers bring a range of employment and insurance law expertise:
- Sarah Townsend, Duncan Cotterill
- Anthony Drake, Wynn Williams
- Gerard Elwell, Young Hunter
- Murray Grant, Wotton + Kearney (Moderator)
Join us for an informal networking catch up with some nibbles and drinks.
Join us for an informal networking catch up with some nibbles and drinks.
Thank you to our sponsors:
McLarens
Young Hunter Lawyers
Climate change litigation: a conversation with Jenny Cooper KC, co-founder and former President of Lawyers for Climate Action NZ
Join us to hear from leading commercial litigator Jenny Cooper KC with her thoughts on climate change litigation in Aotearoa and the lawyers helping to fight climate change
10.00am Arrival networking and morning tea
10.30am Session begins
12.00pm Session ends
Join us for registration and afternoon tea at 3.30pm, with the panel discussion starting at 4pm
Speakers:
Barry Jordan, Mediator
Sophie Lucas, Wotton + Kearney
Elspeth Horner, Mahony Horner Lawyers
Toby Gee, Barrister and Mediator
Moderator: Hayden Wilson, Dentons Kensington Swan
A joint event from AMINZ/NZILA/ICNZ
Join us for registration and afternoon tea at 3.30pm, with the panel discussion starting at 4pm.
Speakers:
Ann Skelton, Mediator
John Matthews, Mediator
Emily Walton, Barrister
Chris Hlavac, Young Hunter
Looking at the construction dispute environment, to provide a regulatory update, canvas legal, economic and other factors leading to increasing costs and current facets of construction related claims, and the use of arbitration as a means of resolution.
Speakers:
Georgina Grant, Grant & Co
Helen Smith, Simpson Grierson
Mark Colthart, Forty Eight Shortland Barristers
Moderator: Kavita Deobhakta, Morgan Coakle
A Joint event from AMINZ/NZILA/ICNZ
Join us for a panel discussion starting at 3.30pm followed by networking drinks and canapes
Panel:
Nina Khouri, Mediator
Mark Kelly, Barrister & Commercial Mediator
John Bierre, Partner, Morgan Coakle
Emily Walton, Partner, Wynn Williams
Chair: Malcolm Wallace, Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator FAMINZ (Arb), Public Trust Suites
Fraudian Slips: dealing with fraud in the insurance sector
Insurance fraud is a cost that all policyholders bear – over $700m per annum in New Zealand alone, according to estimates from the Insurance Council of New Zealand. Come and hear from some of those dealing with fraud at the coal face, listen to a few war stories, and learn about how the sector can counter the effects of insurance fraud.
Light lunch provided
- Karen Stevens (Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman)
- Brad Cuff (Barrister: Capital Chambers)
- Yvonne Wynyard (Insurance Fraud Bureau New Zealand Manager at Insurance Council of NZ)
Fraudian Slips: dealing with fraud in the insurance sector
Insurance fraud is a cost that all policyholders bear – over $700m per annum in New Zealand alone, according to estimates from the Insurance Council of New Zealand. Come and hear from some of those dealing with fraud at the coal face, listen to a few war stories, and learn about how the sector can counter the effects of insurance fraud.
Drinks and nibbles provided
- Karen Stevens (Insurance and Financial Services Ombudsman)
- Brad Cuff (Barrister: Capital Chambers)
- Yvonne Wynyard (Insurance Fraud Bureau New Zealand Manager at Insurance Council of NZ)