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More Practical Swimming Pool Fencing and Spa Pool Laws- Proposed

MEDIA RELEASE TAKEN FROM THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT WEBSITE 9 SEPTEMBER 2015.“The Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987 has been successful in reducing child fatalities in pool accidents, from about 10 per year to three per year, but it has also been a source of frustration for many councils and home...

Trusts Explained – What you need to know

What does it take to be a trustee?For most people, setting up a trust is the end result of a long and sometimes complicated process, understanding the various parties that create the trust relationship and determining how it should be best structuredThe good news is at the end of the process, with t...

Body Corporate Business Update August 2017

Earthquake-prone Buildings – Legal UpdateThe Building (Earthquake-Prone Buildings) Amendment Act 2016 (“EPB Act”) came into force on 1 July 2017. It amends the Building Act 2004 by introducing a new nation-wide regime for identifying and managing earthquake-prone buildings (new Subpart 6A). Th...

Body Corporate Business Update July 2017

Unit Titles DisputesThe Tenancy Tribunal and Courts have jurisdiction to hear and determine “unit title disputes”.Unit title disputes are all disputes arising out of or in connection with a unit title development. The types of person who may be party to a unit title dispute is a wide-ranging. Th...

Legal Update for Real Estate Agents

Update on the Auckland Unitary Plan-operative in part Disclosure of hidden or underlying defects – what is the threshold for engaging rule 10.7?

Important Taxation Changes – Buying and Selling Land

What you need to knowThe sale or purchase of ALL land in New Zealand will be caught by this legislation.It applies to all contracts for the sale and purchase of any land in New Zealand entered into on or after 1 October 2015.If you sign a contract to sell or buy land on or after 1 October 2015 you w...

Non disparagement conditions in employment settlement agreements

The Media love reporting on saThe Media love reporting on salacious details of employment disputes before the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) and Employment Court, by trumpeting headlines like “Sacked worker who took worthless magazine gets $9,000”. lacious details of employment disputes b...

Home buyers – check for unconsented additions

Taken from a media release from Auckland Council on 10 June 2015Aucklanders buying new homes with an unconsented deck or other additions may have to remove it. On 1 July 2015 the Auckland Council introduced a new policy that aims to provide consistency across the region rather than the previous mix...

Banking & Finance

Glaister Ennor has been involved in the financing of a number of large projects in New Zealand. In addition to acting for banks, non-bank deposit takers, and other financers, we have our own mortgage lending business. As such, we are experienced lenders and credit managers.Our approach is based not...