Cavell Leitch Law Partner to Pursue Overseas Rugby Coaching Opportunity

As you may already know, partner Brad Mooar has had a long involvement in both playng and coaching rugby in Christchurch and abroad over many years.

Future of Your Business

It has become very clear to us that few business owners recognise the importance of planning for the succession or sale of their business until it is too late.......more

Checking Your Text Messages While At the Lights?

Using your mobile phone while in your car other than with a hands free kit is likely to get you into hot water under our new laws.......more

The Importance of Employment Agreements

Having a properly drafted employment agreement is not only required by the law but is highly recommended by our firm. This article explains employment agreements in a little bit more detail and some of the pitfalls to be wary of. ...more

Get Legal Advice Before You Get Into Trouble

We are still amazed at how many clients get into legal difficulties because they do not contact us early enough. ...more

The Danger With Emails

Email is an amazing invention but can give rise to significant legal difficulties. Once you push "Send" your email might in fact get stuck in your PC, your firm's server, your ISP, the recipient's ISP, their server or their desktop PC for a multitude of reasons. Even if it does get through to the intended recipient's desktop PC, there is no guarantee that the intended recipient is actually at work and has received your message. ...more

Mufti Day

Visitors to our office will have discovered that every second Friday all staff are given the option of dressing down from their usual formal attire and wearing mufti clothing instead. ...more

Unit Titles Act Update

What is a Unit Title?
Thousands of people in New Zealand now live in medium and high density Unit Title developments and this trend is set to increase in the future. Unit Title ownership means that you have ownership of your defined dwelling (“unit”), and that you also have joint ownership in common with other unit owners of your shared areas (known as “common property”) such as driveways, swimming pools, courtyards and lifts etc. Multi storey buildings, apartment complexes and townhouse developments (including pensioner flats) are common examples. ...more

Purchasing Goods Online

If you purchase good or services from a local company then your internet purchase is subject to the same rules as if you had bought at a local store. Shopping with a non New Zealand company gives you fewer rights and makes it much more difficult to resolve any problems. ...more

Your Rights In Eating Out

There is no legal requirement for a restaurant to accept bookings. However, if you do make a booking you have created a legally binding contract which means that if you fail to turn up you could be charged if the restaurant can show that by doing so you caused it to lose business. ...more

Enduring Powers of Attorney - Personal Care and Welfare

A lot of people are familiar with the concept of a Power of Attorney for property - granting another person the ability to make decisions for you, or to sign documents on your behalf in relation to assets or other obligations such as your house, cancellation of insurance contracts etc. What most people are not so familiar with is the Power of Attorney in relation to your personal care and welfare. ...more