2016 saw the six-year anniversary of the 4 September earthquake and many insurers granted further time to property owners to bring claims. A number of those deadlines are looming again over the coming months, and this may impact on property owners and their ability to pursue their insurance claims.
Susan Bevin
Given the current economic uncertainties, it is timely to consider the duties of company directors. The penalties for breaches can be harsh, and it is important to be aware of your responsibilities to the company, its shareholders, and third parties.
When buying or selling houses, deep down everyone wants to get along during an often stressful ordeal. Parties commonly agree to let each other into a property after an agreement has confirmed but before the settlement date to store their items or perhaps complete repairs. As well-intentioned as these arrangements ...
Obtaining an insurance policy and paying the premiums is only the first step to ensuring that your business has insurance cover when it needs it. An often overlooked or at least underestimated aspect is that the typical liability insurance policy has specific requirements about notifying your insurer of a potential ...
The Employment Court has issued the first banning order pursuant to the Employment Relations Act 2000, two years after the sanction was introduced into legislation in 2016.
A brief overview - duties likely to affect commercial landlords and tenants
The Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations (Regulations) provide that persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) that have management or control of a workplace must ensure that a written plan (Asbestos Management Plan) is prepared for the ...
With the increasing cost of residential property making rental returns in the short term less attractive, as well as proposed restrictions on who can buy, some investors are now looking to commercial property as an alternative.
In this article, we provide you with 5 top tips as to what you ...
A recent article in the press a couple of weeks ago highlighted that there are several houses in Christchurch which were never correctly fixed after the Canterbury Earthquakes and as a result may be financially toxic. People purchasing these houses run the risk that they may be buying into an ...
There’s no doubting that over the last couple of years it has become harder to obtain bank funding to carry out property developments or to buy commercial investment properties. We understand the hurdles and can help you through the process.
Last year, the Labour Inspectorate undertook a series of investigations and found that volunteers and WWOOFers (the popular scheme where travellers work in exchange for food and lodging), were, in fact, employees. At the time we published some advice, which has recently been confirmed in an Employment Relations Authority (ERA ...
If you are about to enter into a new lease, you probably have a few questions about your rights and obligations under the lease.
It is always best to approach your lawyer early in the leasing process and definitely before you sign an Agreement to Lease or a Deed of ...
A common cause of frustration for land owners is when effects of their activities that are insignificant require resource consent because they breach a rule in a plan to a minor degree.
The changes to the Resource Management Act (RMA) on 18 October 2017 include an attempt to recognise this ...
Unfortunately, debt recovery is part of running a business. The start of a new calendar year and the impending end of the financial year is as good of a time as any to undertake a debt recovery health check for your business.