Articles for March 2009

20 Mar 2009

Authors
Mark Gavin
Kevin Pearson
Categories
Litigation
Mark Gavin
Kevin Pearson

Service via Facebook - Pick your “friends” wisely.

A number of newspapers have recently picked up on a High Court decision to grant a secondary service order allowing service using Facebook and email. Courts allowing alternative forms of service is not a new development but using Facebook comes with some interesting quirks.

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13 Mar 2009

Wayne Hudson

Security Interests Under The PPSA – A Warning For Artists

Many artists who leave their works with retailers, art galleries, or cafés for sale, may be unaware that New Zealand’s security laws severely restrict their ability to retrieve those works.

Recently, New Zealand artists were given a wake-up call with the financial collapse of Eon, a prominent outlet for the country’s design community.  Unbeknownst to many, Eon had given security to its bank over all of its assets, which left the artists with no reasonable prospect of retrieving their works or getting paid for them.

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