by Denise Marsden | Aug 29, 2012 | General property Law, Unit Titles
The first is the Court of Appeal’s decision on 21 February 2012 in Atrium Management Limited v Quayside Trustee Limited (In receivership and liquidation). This case was concerned with an agreement for the sale and purchase of management rights. It...
by Jourdan Griffin | Aug 29, 2012 | General property Law, Leasing
The government’s measures to increase their tax take through the targeting of the property industry looks set to continue. First we had the erosion of depreciation, followed by the changes to loss attributing qualifying companies. Now the government is proposing to...
by Debra Dorrington | Aug 27, 2012 | Sale and Purchase
A recent proliferation of webinars on the new agreement for sale and purchase and GST has raised some interesting points. Zero-rating will still apply to the sale of a taxable supply but the sale and purchase of land now requires the parties to examine their GST...
by Denise Marsden | Aug 22, 2012 | Business Law, General property Law, Unit Titles
The Auckland High Court has issued its decision on the management agreement for the Sentinel Apartments in Takapuna. The body corporate was challenging the management arrangements put in place by the original developer. The Court concluded that the...
by Debra Dorrington | Aug 21, 2012 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
The recent Blue Chip Supreme Court decision will come as a huge relief to families up and down New Zealand. An argument had been made on behalf of numerous investors in Blue Chip schemes that Blue Chip had breached the requirements of the Securities Act. In signing...
