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Issues covered include: Diffuse Discharges from Farming, Maori Land considerations, Environmental & planning, ETS, Overseas Investment Act in a Rural, Employment Law, Insolvency, Dispute resolution, Worksafe NZ, Trust Restructuring and Resettlements, Trustee powers, succession planning.
The Agribusiness sector is a billion dollar industry bursting with opportunities. Whether you’re a regional practitioner with a rural practice or would like to add this sector to your repertoire, work in-house for an agri-business organisation or have a vested interest in gaining a firmer grasp of the legal issues affecting industry, this programme as something for you. Simply put, these are the most important and timely topics covered by some of the best in the business.
Attend and earn 7 CPD hours
This conference was recorded in NZ on 11 June 2019
Current and Emerging Issues in the Sector
Chair: Stuart Ford, Director, The Agribusiness Group
9.00am to 10.00am: Dealing with Diffuse Discharges from Farming Activities: The Way Ahead
Address the vexed question of diffuse discharges from farming operations, regulatory responses throughout New Zealand to date, and the way ahead. In particular:
Presented by Simon Berry, Partner and Craig Malone, Senior Associate, Berry Simons Environmental Law
10.00am to 11.00am: Rural Transactions: No Walk in the Meadow
Presented by Mark Dineen, Partner, Tavendale and Partners
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Overseas Investment Act in a Rural Context
Presented by Christina Lefever, Special Counsel, Duncan Cotterill
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Employment Law Toolkit for Rural Practices
Presented by Alison Maelzer, Partner, Hesketh Henry
Learning Objectives
Trusts, Insolvency and Disputes in the Agricultural Context
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Insolvency and Farms
Presented by Tim Fitzgerald, Partner, Bell Gully
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Dealing with Regulators and Dispute Resolution: When it all Turns Pear-Shaped
Presented by Brett Harris, Barrister
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Trust Restructuring and Resettlements: Generational Change
As families grow and generational change occurs, trusts often need to be restructured and/or resettled. Restructurings and resettlements can raise a number of practical issues including:
Presented by Jarrod Walker, Partner, Chapman Tripp + Co-presenter
Learning Objectives
Grand Mercure Auckland
Level 2, 8 Customs Street East
Auckland 1010
New Zealand