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...
by AlexanderDorrington | Nov 2, 2011 | General property Law
Have heard about law changes making it easier to chop down trees? Are you waiting for 1 January 2012 so you can fell a pesky tree without the need to apply for a resource consent? Not so fast. Case law earlier this year shows the changes to the...
by Debra Dorrington | Oct 4, 2011 | General property Law, Trusts
The new gifting regime was ushered in on 1 October 2011. Does this mean no more annual gifting programme, no more acknowledgements of debt or deeds of forgiveness or gifting statements? Maybe, and then maybe not. Before gifting assets there are some things to...
by Denise Marsden | Sep 28, 2011 | General property Law, Leasing
There has been another case in relation to the ADLS standard lease clause, which provides the term of a lease shall at once terminate if there is destruction or damage rendering the premises untenantable. We wrote about an April 2011 decision of the...
by AlexanderDorrington | Sep 22, 2011 | Business Law, General property Law, Subdivisions
A number of property subdivisions completed within the last 2 or 3 years were originally pre-sold at levels well above market value at the time of settlement. This is no surprise to any of us who have lived through the GFC and its impact on the property and finance...
by Debra Dorrington | Aug 30, 2011 | General property Law
Earthquakes in Auckland are a rare occurrence, despite us having had one last month. What happened in Christchurch has got everyone thinking though, not least of all the lawmakers and there are new rules to be adhered to in relation to our buildings and whether they...
