by Denise Marsden | May 12, 2020 | Blog, First time buyers, General property Law, Sale and Purchase
We’re all excited to move to level 2 on Thursday. Nobody more so than those in the midst of selling or buying property. To help prepare and manage risk in these uncertain times, we’ve put together some extra clauses to consider including in agreements for...
by AlexanderDorrington | May 10, 2020 | Blog, Personal asset planning, Trusts
Enduring powers of attorney (EPAs) have very much become the poor relation when it comes to asset planning documents. They used to be relatively common back when they were a simple one-page document. EPAs were often thrown in to complete the “full set” when setting up...
by AlexanderDorrington | Apr 30, 2020 | Blog, Personal asset planning, Relationship Property, Trusts
Everyone should have a will. It’s really that simple. In fact, I would go further, everyone should have a well written one… At the time of writing this, we have entered Alert level 3, which is great for the country but doesn’t make much difference to me. I’m...
by AlexanderDorrington | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Cross-lease, General property Law, Uncategorised
In 2019, the New Zealand Herald ran an article ‘Cross about Cross-lease: battles from the property combat zone’, it featured AlexanderDorrington urging cross-lease property owners to turn their minds to converting their cross-lease titles to fee simple....
by Kylee Carbines | Apr 28, 2020 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
KiwiSaver – First Home Withdrawal Do you qualify? First home buyers may be entitled to apply for a first home withdrawal to purchase their first house. A first home buyer is an individual who has not owned a house or land before either in New Zealand or...
