Andrew Bayly

Contracts of Insurance (Repeals and Amendments) Bill

Contracts of Insurance Bill

This omnibus bill seeks to enable consumers and businesses to effectively protect themselves against risk, while minimising costs and impacts on insurers' willingness to provide insurance in New Zealand.

Business Payment Practices Act Repeal Bill

This bill repeals the Business Payment Practices Act 2023 and revokes its secondary legislation.

Arbitration Amendment Bill

The purpose of this bill is to amend the Arbitration Act 1996 to ensure arbitration clauses in trust deeds are given effect to extend the presumption of confidentiality in arbitration to a rebuttable presumption of confidentiality in related court proceedings under the Act, to clearly define the grounds for setting aside an arbitral award and bring New Zealand’s approach into line with foreign arbitration legislation, and to confirm the consequence of failing to raise a timely objection to an arbitral tribunal’s jurisdiction.