April 1996
Importer fined $3,000 for night-clothes fire safety standard breach
26 April 1996
Nationwide Importing Ltd has been fined $3,000 after pleading guilty in the Auckland District Court to supplying children's night-clothes which did not meet the product safety standard.Relates to: Fair Trading
Lawyers not exempt from the law
15 April 1996
Lawyers must be aware that if their practices are shown to be anti-competitive under the Commerce Act, then the Commerce Commission can and will take action against them, Commission Chairman Dr Alan Bollard said in a speech to the New Zealand Law Conference on Friday.Relates to: Business Competition
Commission timetable for Ravensdown bid for SouthFert
15 April 1996
The Commerce Commission timetable for considering Ravensdown Corporation Ltd's application for authorisation of its bid to acquire up to 100 percent of the shares of SouthFert Co-operative Ltd is:Relates to:
Commission declines to authorise Air New Zealand bid for Ansett
3 April 1996
The Commerce Commission said today that it cannot clear or authorise Air New Zealand's acquisition of up to 50% of Ansett Holdings and Bodas. Ansett Holdings wholly owns Air New Zealand's only major domestic competitor, Ansett New Zealand.Relates to:
ADVERTISING COSTS NOEL LEEMING $19,570
1 April 1996
Noel Leeming was fined $19,000 with costs of $570.00 imposed last Friday in the Christchurch District Court.Relates to: Fair Trading