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How The Sunset Clause Works For New Builds
In legal terms, a sunset clause is a condition included in a contract that says if a specified event hasn't ...
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Lessons From Re Tipene [2016]
Re Tipene [2016] NZHC 3199 was the first case to successfully go through the High Court under the Marine and ...
Did You Hear About That Muttonbirding Case?
After a long journey in the High Court, Rakiura Māori were granted customary marine title over islands that they carried ...
Mana Whakahono A Rohe Process
The Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 has made significant amendments to the Resource Management Act 1991 that largely came into ...
Building Papakāinga On Your Whenua
Being able to build Papakāinga on your whenua is a great way for Māori to feel reconnected with their turangawaewae ...
How Parenting After Separation Works
How to make parenting for both parties work after separation. Agree on arrangements and find a lawyer that can represent ...
The Great Kiwi Dream – New Housing Policies in 2022, For First Time Home Owners
The Great Kiwi Dream 2022- What do the Government’s new housing policies mean for new home owners and residential property ...
COVID-19 Alert Level 3: Family Court And Parenting Arrangements
The Ministry of Justice has provided some guidance for managing share care arrangements during COVID-19.In short, the Ministry has confirmed ...
COVID-19 Information For Businesses
What do employers need to know during the COVID-19 Alert 4 Lockdown? Businesses and employers are facing significant pressures and ...
Employees Guide To COVID-19 Information
The purpose of this article about employees’ guide to COVID-19 information is to provide a summary of information regarding employees’ ...
Gender-based Honorifics No Longer Required
Gender-based honorifics no longer required when female counsel introduce themselves to the Court.For many years, female practitioners have had to ...
Sale And Purchase Of Property During COVID-19
COVID-19 Level 4 Lockdown - and the implications on the Sale and purchase of property during COVID, in New Zealand ...
What Is Anti-Money Laundering & Terrorist Financing
Money laundering is a process that criminals use to ‘clean’ their money that they make from dealing in illegal matters, ...
Shared Parenting Guide During COVID-19
Is the family court still operating during the COVID-19 lockdown? The New Zealand Courts are considered to be an essential ...
Claiming Refugee Status To Stay In New Zealand
Refugee or protected person status is a legal status as detailed below: A refugee is a person who meets the ...
Filing An Employment Dispute
Employers, employees and unions can apply to the Authority for help with employment problems they have been unable to resolve ...
Tamariki Māori And The Family Court: How Cultural Evidence Can Help Whānau Māori
Learn about Cultural Background & The Care of Children Act 2004, made to address the inequities, institutional racism and unconscious ...
How Do You Divide Relationship Property?
There is a general presumption that a couple’s property will be divided equally between them. There are exceptions to this ...
The “Moana” Case: The Care of Non-kin
In May 2022, Dixon & Co Lawyers appeared in the High Court appeal before Cull J about the care arrangements ...
What Can Be Done About Defamation?
A common question we are asked is what can be done if, during the course of litigation, the other party ...