Enduring Powers Of Attorney
Have you considered who will attend to your property, assets and welfare if you become mentally incapacitated and you are unable to tak...
11 Dec
Expertise
11 Dec
What Happens If You Don’t Have An Enduring Power Of Attorney?
The Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1998 (often referred to as the “PPPR Act”) provides legal means to assist people who...
11 Dec
Trusts And Estates – Delegating By Power Of Attorney
Who can be an attorney?
Trusts
A trustee may, in limited circumstances only, delegate his or her powers, authorities and discretions ...
10 Dec
The Duties, Office And Powers Of A Trustee
The New Zealand Law Commission is currently reviewing the law of Trusts in New Zealand. An issues paper released by the Law Commission ...
10 Dec
Distributions From Discretionary Trusts
August 2011 Modern Discretionary Family Trusts usually provide that the trustees can pay both income and capital to the beneficiarie...
10 Dec
Trust Administration Checklist
This checklist is put together by:
Tony Fortune, a partner specialising in Trust matters at Fortune Manning Michael Humphries, char...
10 Dec
Tax Residency And Tax Treatment Of Your Trust
For New Zealand income tax purposes the income of a Trust is separated into two parts – beneficiary income and trustee income. Trusts c...
10 Dec
Rights Of Beneficiaries
In order to understand the rights of beneficiaries, it is useful to be aware of the duties of trustees.
Duties of trustees
Trustees’ ...
10 Dec
Trust Documents – What Do You Have To Disclose?
If you are a trustee of a Trust, you may receive a request from a beneficiary or other interested person to disclose certain Trust docu...
10 Dec
Managing Your Trust – Trustees Must Act Jointly
Most Discretionary Family Trusts provide that decisions of trustees are to be unanimous. Many commentators agree that providing for una...