Litigation
Bell Gully's litigation practice is New Zealand's largest and widely acknowledged as its strongest. With a team of experts covering the full range of commercial and public law expertise, our practice deals with complex and contentious commercial disputes in all areas. Our team of more than 50 barristers and solicitors regularly appear before courts and tribunals at all levels and are involved in a significant proportion of the major commercial litigation conducted in New Zealand. 
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News, Events & Publications
Friday 16 December 2011
Criminal sanctions – doing business under threat of prison
In the final days of the last Parliament, the government introduced a bill that criminalises breaches of directors' duties.
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Article posted by David Friar, Senior Associate | Related topics: Litigation
Friday 26 August 2011
Decision places banks between a rock and a hard place
Reasonable suspicion of dishonest assistance does not provide sufficient grounds for a bank to refuse to carry out customer instructions, the Supreme Court ruled last week.
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Article posted by Mike Colson, Partner and Rachel Pinny, Senior Associate | Related topics: Banking and Finance, Litigation
Wednesday 17 August 2011
Directors' Liability for Mistakes in Financial Statements
To what extent are directors responsible for errors in a company's financial statements? A far-reaching decision by the Federal Court of Australia suggests that directors may be liable for mistakes in the accounts, even if both the company's management and auditors fail to pick up the errors.
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Article posted by David Friar, Senior Associate | Related topics: Litigation
Monday 23 May 2011
What a difference a day makes
Both parties to a contract often think they have a right to cancel the contract as a result of the other's breach. The Supreme Court's decision last week in Ingram v Patcroft Properties Ltd [2011] NZSC 49 demonstrates that who is right can have drastic consequences.
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Article posted by David Friar, Senior Associate | Related topics: Litigation
Tuesday 12 April 2011
New enforcement powers for FMA and criminal liability for breaches of directors' duties on the horizon
The Government is currently implementing the most significant reforms to New Zealand's securities laws in two decades.
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Article posted by Ralph Simpson, Partner and Jesse Wilson, Senior Associate | Related topics: Corporate, Litigation
Monday 17 May 2010
Bell Gully litigation head shares surveillance bill concerns on TVNZ's Sunday progamme
New laws to extend the search and surveillance powers of government agencies are coming under increasing public scrutiny.
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Related topics: Litigation, Government
Monday 3 May 2010
Achieving a more efficient discovery process
Today 90% of all documents are generated electronically. The substantial escalation in the volume of electronic documents has added new unique challenges to an already expensive and time consuming discovery process – and if we don't directly address the issue the discovery process could become even more drawn out and costly.
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Related topics: Litigation
Friday 30 April 2010
Back to basics in statutory interpretation = significant setback for Commerce Commission
The Supreme Court has just dealt a blow to the Commerce Commission's efforts to pursue participants in (real and alleged) international cartels affecting New Zealand.
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Article posted by Jenny Stevens, Partner | Related topics: Competition, Litigation
