In-House Counsel are under more pressure than ever with expanding workloads, shrinking budgets and increasing regulatory complexity. Sign up for this lunchtime series of webinars to ensure that you are across the latest developments and gain essential strategies, practical tips plus vital legislative and case law updates - all aimed to assist you to reduce risk and meet regulatory requirements. Make it easy & save by registering for the full series or just the sessions that interest you. Watch each session live online or as an on-demand recording to watch at a time convenient to you.
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Attend all 5 sessions and earn 5 CPD Hours
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Practical Approaches to Technology Contracts and Risk Management
Tuesday, 2 September 2025
Unpack the issues associated with contract negotiations, in particular with technology contracts, and learn tips and tricks to minimise the associated potential risks.
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1.00pm to 2.00pm Practical Approaches to Technology Contracts and Risk Management
Presented by Meghan Pinfold, Senior Legal Counsel - Commercial & Digital, Christchurch City Council
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the issues arising with contract negotiations
- Be aware of the associated potential risks to avoid
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Meghan Pinfold, Senior Legal Counsel – Commercial & Digital, Christchurch City CouncilRegister for this session only
Employment Law Update for In-house
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Join a high-impact webinar designed specifically for in-house legal professionals navigating the evolving landscape of employment law in New Zealand. In just one hour, gain essential insights into the latest changes that you need to be aware of going into 2026. This session will equip you with practical strategies to act confidently and stay compliant in a rapidly shifting employment law environment.
1.00pm to 2.00pm Employment Law Update for Inhouse Counsel
Presented by Simon Martin, Partner, Quigg Partners
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the latest changes with employment law
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Simon Martin, Partner, Quigg PartnersSimon is a Partner and head of the Employment team at Quigg Partners in Wellington. He was admitted to the Bar in 2008 and has over 10 years’ experience in all aspects of employment law. He advises a wide array of clients, from small businesses to multinational entities and public sector organisations. He regularly represents clients at mediation, and has appeared in the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court, and both the District and High Courts. Simon has a particular interest and expertise in complex restructurings, the employment-related aspects of sales and purchases of businesses and solving contentious employment disputes. Simon assists clients with their Health and Safety obligations by providing advice on compliance, and has also acted for clients defending WorkSafe prosecutions resulting from workplace injuries or incidents. Simon manages a team that also specialises in various non-contentious matters, including drafting employment agreements and policies, privacy and official information advice and advising on “whistle-blower” complaints. He is a sought-after presenter in various employment law seminars and workshops and frequently provides in-house training for clients.
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Navigating the Evolving CCCFA Landscape: Recent Reforms, Regulatory Shift, and BNPL Expansion
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
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1.00pm to 2.00pm Navigating the Evolving CCCFA Landscape: Recent Reforms, Regulatory Shift, and BNPL Expansion
- Gain an overview and update on the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA), exploring recent legislative reforms and their practical implications for lenders
- Examine the significant shift in oversight from the Commerce Commission to the Financial Markets Authority, what this means for regulatory approach and enforcement
- Examine the recent extension of the regime to Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) products
Presented by Richard Massey, Partner, Bell Gully
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Richard Massey, Partner, Bell GullySimon is a Partner and head of the Employment team at Quigg Partners in Wellington. He was admitted to the Bar in 2008 and has over 10 years’ experience in all aspects of employment law. He advises a wide array of clients, from small businesses to multinational entities and public sector organisations. He regularly represents clients at mediation, and has appeared in the Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court, and both the District and High Courts. Simon has a particular interest and expertise in complex restructurings, the employment-related aspects of sales and purchases of businesses and solving contentious employment disputes. Simon assists clients with their Health and Safety obligations by providing advice on compliance, and has also acted for clients defending WorkSafe prosecutions resulting from workplace injuries or incidents. Simon manages a team that also specialises in various non-contentious matters, including drafting employment agreements and policies, privacy and official information advice and advising on “whistle-blower” complaints. He is a sought-after presenter in various employment law seminars and workshops, and frequently provides in-house training for clients.
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3 Years On: Is Anyone Acting Unconscionably in NZ?
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Amendments to the Fair Trading Act in 2022 brought prohibitions for unconscionable conduct in New Zealand. To date, we have not seen any substantive cases, but does that mean no one is acting unconscionably? Explore recent decisions in Australia and their potential impact in New Zealand and what behaviours are occurring in New Zealand that are likely to be found unconscionable.
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- Be aware of recent cases in Australia on unconscionable conduct and their potential impact in New Zealand
- Understand the types of conduct that are likely to be found unconscionable in New Zealand er Russell McVeigh
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1.00pm to 2.00pm 3 Years On: Is Anyone Acting Unconscionably in NZ?
The amendments to the Fair Trading Act in 2022 brought prohibitions for unconscionable conduct in New Zealand. While there are yet to be any substantive cases, does that mean no one is acting unconscionably?
- Recent developments in Australia on unconscionable conduct and their potential impact in New Zealand
- The types of conduct that are taking place in New Zealand that are likely to be found to be unconscionable – and why in-house counsel need to be on the lookout in their own organisations
- How unconscionable conduct can be used as both a shield and a sword
Presented by Joe Edwards, Partner, Russell McVeigh
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Joe Edwards, Partner Russell McVeighJoe is a partner in Russell McVeagh’s litigation practice. Joe heads the Marketing Law, Media and Intellectual Property team. He specialises in commercial litigation, with a particular focus on privacy law and data protection disputes, regulatory investigations and prosecutions. A seasoned litigator, Joe continues to lead litigation in a number of high-profile privacy, data and confidential information cases. This includes High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings relating to the use of people's images in news reporting, protecting the identity of sources and interviewees. He is known for his extensive grasp on existing data protection law, and being ahead of the curve when it comes to emerging data protection trends. Joe is recognised as a Leading Individual for Data Protection and Intellectual Property, and is recommended for TMT, in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 guide. Joe is acknowledged as a "Best Lawyer" for Advertising Law, Privacy and Data Protection, Litigation and Intellectual Property and he was nominated by his peers as the 'Lawyer of the Year' in New Zealand for Privacy and Data Security Law in Best Lawyers® 2022 New Zealand. Joe is the co-author of the Chambers publication 'Trade Secrets'.
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Guiding Business Units to Compliance via Legal Guidelines
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Discover how in-house legal teams can drive compliance and efficiency by leveraging Legal Guideline Resources. You will work through real-world success stories and gain actionable strategies for creating, deploying, and promoting legal guidelines that empower business units. Learn how to identify when guidelines are needed, craft them in a user-friendly style, and host them for maximum visibility. Walk away with tools to enhance your legal team's impact, reduce routine support requests, and focus on high-value legal work that truly moves the needle.
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1.00pm to 2.00pm Guiding Business Units to Compliance via Legal Guidelines
A practical session to share success stories on how Legal Guideline Resources can be deployed within in-house legal functions to boost compliance, reduce legal support requests and improve accessibility to legal services.
- What is a a legal guideline resource?
- Ways to identify when a legal guideline resource will support and supplement the in-house legal function
- How to get started on creating legal services guidelines in a style that your business units can understand and follow
- Where to host and crucially, how to promote the guidelines
After this workshop, you will walk away with practical, actionable steps that will enable you to:
- Boost your legal compliance within your organisation
- Enhance your team’s profile through a service delivery that focuses on how to best add-value to your organisation
- Free up your precious bandwidth to deal with the high value, high-risk matters that you both want and need to manage to best serve your organisation
Presented by Sian Wingate, Legal and Compliance Consultant, Sian Wingate Advisory
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to use Legal Guideline Resources to boost compliance and improve accessibility to legal services for the In-House legal function
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Sian Wingate, Legal and Compliance Consultant, Sian Wingate AdvisorySian Wingate is a seasoned in-house counsel specialising in short to medium term contracts with in-house legal teams to support process improvement and tackle complex legal projects. Through her advisory consulting firm sianwingate.com, Sian also helps General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers with legal services and legal compliance reviews to identify areas for improvement. She sets up frameworks to implement her recommendations and supplies hands-on support to design, implement and embed changes. Sian has more than a decade of in-house experience in successfully implementing her tried and tested techniques across telecommunications, utilities, local government and central government agencies through to private sector. Additional services include legal operations audits, legal guidance resource creation, template vault development, team intranet knowledge banks and legal compliance framework design.
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