Latest From: Nick Kearney

By: Nick Kearney , Legally Speaking with Nick Kearney, SCHNAUER and CO, Milford.

New trust laws

Next year sees significant change to New Zealand trust...

The new law will apply to existing trusts as well as new ones. The new law aims to do the following:...

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Lease Obligations – Insurance, Repairs and Maintenance

The recent bout of stormy weather inflicted serious damage on some Auckland commercial property owners.  If...

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Relationship Debts/Gifts and Wills

Legally Speaking with Nick Kearney, Schnauer & Co.

I read a recent commentary in the newspaper where a young couple had separated, and in the process had to sell...

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IS THERE A SHINING LIGHT TO THE BRIGHT-LINE TEST?

Ominously, on Friday the 13 th of November, lawyers were advised that the government’s much-talked-about...

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