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Unfair Contract Terms: Why ‘standard Terms’ Are No Longer Low Risk in NZ

For years, many New Zealand businesses have relied on standard form contracts as a practical necessity – efficient, scalable, and rarely challenged. That’s changing. The Commerce Commission has signalled increased willingness to scrutinise unfair contract terms (UCTs), and recent enforcement activity shows that “set and forget” contract templates are now a real legal risk – […]

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