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 AlexanderDorrington | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, Personal asset planning, Trusts, Uncategorised
Have you run out of jobs to do around the house yet? How about tidying up the plans for your personal assets? I have been isolating at level 4 with my two teenagers, which is pretty great because they are my favourite two humans in the world. I’ve been lucky though...
by Debra Dorrington | Apr 16, 2020 | Blog, Uncategorised
I am stepping down as a director and owner of AlexanderDorrington. In fact, the resignation is effective from 31 March 2020. I will remain here, supporting the business in the short term and in particular as we manage our way through dealing with the lockdown in its...
