The Health and Safety at Work Amendment Act which comes into force in April 2027 has the purpose of providing greater clarity to New Zealand’s health and safety framework, but will also shift the focus of health and safety rather than relax compliance measures for PCBUs.

Dawson & Associates has collaborated with the New Zealand Federation of Commercial Fishers to develop a suite of contract templates for the commercial fishing industry, to be a resource for Federation members.

Dawson & Associates is pleased to have assisted with the sale of the M/Y Aroha - a complicated transaction with a vigorous negotiating process.

Peter Dawson reflects on some of the sale and purchase contracts he sees each month and his surprise at how skinny the contracts are, given the sums and complexities involved in some of these transactions.