by AlexanderDorrington | Feb 28, 2012 | General property Law, Leasing
The right of a lessee under a commercial lease to quiet enjoyment is implied in the majority of leases. The implied covenant is a limited guarantee that the lessee can occupy the premises without interruption or disturbance from the lessor, or persons through...
by Debra Dorrington | Feb 2, 2012 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
Right at the end of last year, a High Court judgement was released for the first prosecution under section 141 of the Real Estate Agents Act 2008. That is the section that prohibits a person who is not licenced under the act from carrying out real estate agency...
by Denise Marsden | Dec 19, 2011 | General property Law, Leasing
At this time of year with Christmas trading and summer there may be lessors who are approached by lessees requesting a change to their trading hours. Leaving aside resource management restrictions, retail leases commonly give the lessor an unqualified...
by AlexanderDorrington | Dec 19, 2011 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
If you become tempted to purchase a bach over the Christmas period (as a certain partner of ours did one year) then an agreement on an envelope will certainly be legally enforceable if done properly. Debra bought her family bach by recording an agreement...
by Denise Marsden | Dec 19, 2011 | General property Law
Through the Christmas period what “working days” means will depend upon what your contract or the relevant legislation says. As a general rule statutory holidays and weekends are not “working days”. Beware though, some contracts and legislation refer only to “days”...
by Denise Marsden | Nov 11, 2011 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
In an auction you generally accept the vendor’s title, warts and all. In a recent contract I reviewed that meant there were obligations imposed on the purchaser to pay to have stormwater and sewerage systems inspected annually and covenants limiting what...
