Publications – Government Relations

Phillipa MacDonald at Kensington Swan Lawyers takes a look at Justice Dobson's substantive findings regarding the claims brought by Todd against Shell and OMV...Article re-produced courtesy of Energy News. www.energynews.co.nz (pdf 828kb)READ MORE

The question of whether or not New Zealand should fall in line with countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Venezuela and Brazil and have its own wholly or partly owned national oil company. Article re-produced courtesy of Energy News. www.energynews.co.nz (pdf. 179kb) READ MORE

It has become increasingly apparent that many firms just have no idea if the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) applies to them or not. Item re-produced courtesy of Energy NZ magazine. (pdf 988 kb).READ MORE

How the law affects you. If managers don't want to end up in court, they should be looking seriously at new changes to our health and safety laws. Item re-produced by courtesy of Mediaweb. (pdf. 976kb).READ MORE

What is New Zealand's Emissions Trading Scheme likely to mean for consumers and businesses? (pdf 444kb). Item re-produced by courtesy of Fairfax Media Ltd. READ MORE

While there is a strong concern over opening Schedule 4 land to mining, there is little public awareness of the current protections against adverse and potentially negative impacts of such activities. (pdf 828kb) Item reproduced by courtesy of Energy NZ magazine.READ MORE

Kensington Swan's new office in Abu Dhabi was officially opened yesterday by the New Zealand Trade Minister, Hon Tim Groser. The opening is significant for businesses looking to develop closer ties and take advantage of the commercial potential for trade.READ MORE

An analysis of the meaning of 'competition' in New Zealand and Australia confirming competition is the absence of market power to set prices or other terms and conditions of trade, and that such absence of market power can result from constraints imposed by either rivals or customers.READ MORE