Checklist When Considering A Retirement Village
Bill Duncan and Tony Fortune have acted for many intending residents of retirement villages and have reviewed many occupation licences....
26 Dec
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Pre-Paid Funeral Trust Fund
Clients concerned to ensure they are eligible for a Residential Care Subsidy often consider setting aside pre-paid funeral expenses up ...
26 Dec
Trust Busting: The Case of Clayton v Clayton
Family trusts are a popular way of protecting property and managing assets. By transferring the ownership of assets to a trust, a settl...
26 Dec
Relationship Property After Death
Most people are aware that the Property (Relationships) Act ("the Act") is a statutory regime which classifies property as relationship...
26 Dec
Transferring Assets to a Trust during a Relationship
Family trusts are widely used in New Zealand. They can be set up to achieve a number of purposes but to what extent can trusts be used ...
26 Dec
Relationship Property and Trusts
Relationship property law divides assets into relationship property which, subject to certain exceptions, is divided equally on separat...
26 Dec
Relationship Property Agreements
The Property (Relationships) Act sets out the rules as to what is relationship property and what is separate property and how relations...
26 Dec
“Relationship Property” or “Separate Property”
The Property (Relationships) Act provides a set of legal rules which determine whether property is relationship property or separate pr...
26 Dec
What’s Mine is Not (Necessarily) Yours: Inheritances and Relationship Property
Married people and people who have been in a de facto relationship for three years or more face a difficult decision when they come to ...
26 Dec
What you need to know about the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act 2017
Winter is coming, standards will follow
What you need to know about the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act 2017
The Healthy Homes Guarantee ...