Trust Decision-Making
Over the years, the trust has been one of the favourite entities for farm ownership. Historically this has been for estate duty and tax reasons.
Redundancy
If you’re considering making redundancies in your business you need to be mindful of the business case that you must develop for consultation with your employees before you start the...
Mid-season dairy farm settlements
It’s now not uncommon for dairy farm settlements to occur mid-season. If you’re negotiating to buy or sell a dairy farm mid-season it‘s important that consideration is given to the...
New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards
If you have entered the New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards and as part of the preparation for judging, you may like to consider getting a ‘legal audit’ or a review...
Resource consents: compliance and enforcement
The Resource Management Act 1991 contains significant financial penalties (fines) and an ability to impose a term of imprisonment.
Residential Building Contracts: Homework is important when building
Building a new home can be exciting, as well as being rather daunting. Stories abound of disappointments and building hassles.
Facebook: Is this your personal property or not?
Within five seconds, you can take a photo on a smart phone and share it with the world. Or the world on Facebook.
Owning a cross lease
A cross lease title consists of two parts; the first is an undivided share of the whole piece of land that the dwelling or ‘flats’ are built on; the second...
Cross lease insurance
The Memorandum of Lease states that you must keep your property insured at all times. You may insure your own flat independently or there may be an arrangement where all...
Making alterations to your dwelling on a cross lease title
If your alteration is structural but non-load bearing, you’ll need consent from the other flat owners. This could include moving internal doors or partitions.