On 1st April 2022 Matthews Law celebrates its birthday and the start of its 10th year in business as New Zealand’s leading specialist competition law firm. Thank you to all our clients and colleagues for your continued support.
On 30 March 2022 the Commerce Amendment Bill (Bill) passed its third reading and should receive royal assent soon. The Bill will: replace the test for misuse of market power extend the prohibition on cartel conduct to cartel provisions in covenants remove intellectual property exceptions empower the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) to grant interim …
On 8 March 2022 the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) released its final report on its study on competition in the retail grocery sector. The final report is the product of over a year of work after the NZCC was directed to look at factors affecting competition in the retail grocery sector on 17 November …
Andy Matthews has been interviewed on the upcoming grocery market study report to be released on 8 March 2022 for Stuff article: “Omicron won’t get supermarkets off the hook with ComCom, advocates predict”.
Andy Matthews has been interviewed on the Commission’s proceedings filed against Objective Corporation Limited for acquiring Master Business Systems Limited for New Zealand Herald article: “Why Aussie software firm faces penalty after taking over Kiwi rival”.
It’s been another dynamic year for New Zealand competition law, with the collaborative activity clearance and restrictive trade practices (RTP) provisional authorisation mechanisms introduced in recent years starting to see use and other proposals for change still on the horizon. Market studies have also seen a lot of activity, as has the Commission Commission’s (NZCC’s) …
On 3 September 2021 the District Court dismissed 45 charges the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) filed against Bunnings Limited (Bunnings) for alleged breach of the Fair Trading Act 1986 (FTA).
The Fair Trading Amendment Bill (Bill) had its third reading yesterday (10 August 2021) and should receive royal assent soon. The Bill was introduced on 17 December 2019. (Changes proposed earlier are summarised here.) [Update (at 19 August 2021): The Bill received royal asset on 16 August 2021. The main changes will come into effect …
Part of New Zealand’s new fuel regulatory regime comes into effect tomorrow, 11 August 2021. The regime implements the Commerce Commission’s (NZCC’s) recommendations from its 2019 competition study into the retail fuel sector.
On 29 July 2021 the New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) released its draft report on its competition study into retail grocery. New Zealand has two major grocery retailers. The NZCC began the study in November 2020 following a Government directive to investigate competitive conditions.