The impact of the new United States Foreign Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), which prevents U.S. citizens and tax residents living outside of the U.S. from avoiding paying tax in that country, is in effect.
After years of leaky home horror stories, leaky shower nightmares have recently sprung up in the media. According to reports, as older-style acrylic and stainless steel trays have given way to on-trend, fully-tiled showers, some homeowners are facing huge water damage and significant repair bills due to poor waterproofing.
Gillian comes to Aspiring Law with 30 years’ experience in law, having represented the interests of parents, children and vulnerable adults in a wide range of family and mental-health related cases.
If you’re an employer with staff on weekend rosters, there’s still time to dot your “i’s” and cross your “t’s” for ANZAC Day – the first public holiday to be “Mondayised”. Affectionately known as the “Mondayisation Bill”, the Holidays (Full Recognition of Waitangi Day and ANZAC Day) Amendment Bill, will get its first outing on April 25.
In the wake of Canterbury’s devastating earthquakes, the Supreme Court has handed down a decision providing building owners, councils and insurers a clear steer on seismic strengthening.
Anyone thinking employment law is a bit of a dry, stuffy old affair need only take in some of the headline grabbers of the past few months to realise just how heated – and public – the fallout from workplace relations-gone-sour can become.
