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Leaky buildings are constantly in the news yet are still being bought and sold.  “Buyer beware” is the catch-phrase here!  We are aware of numerous leaky apartment buildings and a quick ...

GST TRAPS   We have clients who have had to unexpectedly pay 12.5% more than they expected to pay for the property because they did not realise the purchase price was "plus GST" instead of "inc ...

New Anti Spam Legislation   The new Unsolicited Electronic Messages Act 2007 comes into force on 5 September. The Act applies to commercial electronic messages that market or promote something. ...

The Ribena case and the 'Made in NZ' case –lessons for advertisers   GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons.  GSK pleaded guilty to 15 charges under ...

Personal Property Securities Act – renew to maintain your priority   The Personal Property Securities Act 1999 came into effect five years ago on 1 May 2002, and provided a system for security ...

IS IT TIME TO REVISE YOUR WILL?     It is difficult to know when to revise your Will. Remember that when you make a Will, it is expressing your wishes at a specific point in time.  A ...

Should I Have a Shareholders Agreement?   When you go into business with other people, have you contemplated what might happen in hard times as well as the good times?  Any time more than ...

LAND TRANSACTIONS NOW ELECTRONIC     The so-called 'paperless environment' continues its advance with the introduction of e-Dealing.    While it sounds rather like illicit d ...

Forming a company creates a raft of responsibilities and potential penalties.  Last month Cabinet Minister David Parker resigned as Attorney General and as Minister of Transport, Energy and Clim ...