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Shaking Grounds and Safety Obligations: Navigating Earthquake-Prone Buildings with Legal Insight

When considering next steps for addressing earthquake-prone buildings, building owners must be aware of the obligations they have under not only the Building Act 2004 (“the Building Act”), but also as Persons Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (“the Health and Safety at Work Act”), particularly when the building is occupied.

Retention Money Revolution: New Zealand's Construction Industry Braces for Game-Changing Amendments from 5 October 2023

Members of New Zealand’s construction industry should familiarise themselves with upcoming changes to the retention money regime in the Construction Contracts Act 2002 (CCA).

The Importance of Understanding your Privacy Obligations as a Business Owner and Employer

If you’re a business owner, of any size, it is more than likely you hold private information on file. This private information may be in relation to client and customer details or held on staff files. This article serves as a friendly reminder for all business owners to ensure they are complying with the Privacy Act 2020 (“the Privacy Act”) and minimising any risk of a privacy breach.

Lease Renewals – Not as simple as you might think…

A right of renewal provides a commercial tenant with the option to enter into a new lease with a landlord when the current lease expires. If a tenant fails to give notice of intention to renew the lease, the risks can be significant. This was the situation in the recent High Court case of Storageone Kapiti (2012) Ltd v Sharja Ltd.

Should I Establish a Trust?

Trusts play an important role in New Zealand society and its economy. There are an estimated half million trusts existing in New Zealand – and with good reason as trusts, when established and managed properly, provide a valuable long-term asset management structure.

There are a range of reasons to establish a Trust, including flexibility for your family and business. A Trust can be an excellent way to protect and preserve assets while benefitting your business and family members during and beyond your lifetime.

Property purchasers beware! Rights of way: How to prevent neighbour warfare

A recent case has highlighted the importance of proper due diligence by purchasers in assessing legal title to a property and, more particularly, the effect of any right of way easement affecting the title.

BEWARE LENDERS: New due diligence duty & fit and proper person certification for directors and senior managers

From 1 October 2021, directors and senior managers of lenders (i.e. a person or business providing credit under a consumer credit contract, including some mobile traders), must comply with new due diligence duties and obligations under the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 (the “CCCF Act”).

Mainzeal: Round 2 of 3

The Court of Appeal’s recent judgment in Yan v Mainzeal Property & Construction Limited (in Liquidation) [2021] NZCA 99provides further guidance about the circumstances in which directors in office during a period of balance sheet insolvency will be held liable for breach of directors’ duties under the Companies Act 1993.

Residential Tenancy changes – A new landscape for Landlords and Tenants

The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 came into force on 12 August 2020. It changed the landscape for Landlords and Tenants in New Zealand by amending the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (“the Act”). Whether you’re a Landlord or Tenant, here’s how the changes affect you.

REINZ/ADLS Agreement for Sale and Purchase – Update 2019

Banking on pulling out of purchasing a property? Not so fast!

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