I have previously posted about the 'waka-jumping' Bill. Yesterday I gave oral evdience to the Justice Select Committee arguing against enacting the Bill in its current form. This oral evidence was based on my written submission to the Committee, which I set out below.

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I have previously posted about the fact that the government is proposing to criminalise cartel conduct, and that while I am generally supportive of this type of measure the hard policy work to ensure it works well doesn't seem to have been done in this case.

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It’s a strange feeling to be impressed and underwhelmed at the same time. That mix of feelings is how I reacted to newly‑minted Minister for Commerce and Consumer Affairs Kris Faafoi catching the New Zealand competition law community on the hop last week when he introd...

There has been a lot of discussion recently about constitutional reform in New Zealand, and how it should occur. But a lot of the conversations I have been involved in have actually raised a slightly different question – when should a country like New Zealand engage in...

When a merger or acquisition raises competition law concerns, one of the things the parties can do to get the Commerce Commission across the line is to offer to divest part of the merged business. This is known as a ‘structural’ undertaking. It is, essentially, a commi...

Today I made a submission to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment regarding its "Targeted Commerce Act Review". In particular, I argued for reform of section 36, the provision that is intended to stop powerful businesses harming the competitive process....