by AlexanderDorrington | Mar 18, 2019 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase, Trusts
Last week alone I received four instructions where children were providing financial support to their ageing parents. This was a surprise because my instructions are usually from parents helping children buy their first home, due to the high house prices. ...
by AlexanderDorrington | Mar 1, 2019 | General property Law, Uncategorised
Following on from my previous blog, the reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act continue. The Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (No 2) is currently before Parliament and makes three groups of amendments to the RTA which relate to: contamination...
by AlexanderDorrington | Feb 21, 2019 | Blog, General property Law
A raft of reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (“RTA”) have been put into place in the past two years. Landlords can be forgiven for being confused as to what exactly is fact and what is fiction. What has come into force and what is still being...
by AlexanderDorrington | Oct 10, 2018 | Blog, Cross-lease, General property Law, Subdivisions
The decision of Re Mckay [2018] NZEnvC 180 has been released. Don McKay sought a declaration from the court that the conversion of a cross lease to fee simple was not a subdivision. That would mean resource consent would not be required. Debra Dorrington discussed the...
by AlexanderDorrington | Oct 3, 2018 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
If the certificate of title for your property is “limited as to parcels” it means that the area and boundaries of your land are not correctly defined or guaranteed. There are two possible reasons for this. The surveyor’s plan may have had insufficient...
