Property Law
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OIA and body corporate recovery
3 August 2018
Overseas Investment amendmentsProperty lawyers rejoice! The select committee report on the Overseas Investment Amendment Bill has recommended that the part… -
The Land Transfer Act 2017 – Identity and Beyond
29 June 2018
The Land Transfer Act 2017 has, by popular demand, been renamed the Land Transfer, Identity Verification, Risk Assessment, Respect of… -
From housing law to Airbnb
29 March 2018
Housing law has seen a rapid pace of change over the last few years. Various pieces of legislation, case law,… -
Overseas Investment Act Changes
2 February 2018
Shortly after the coalition government was announced, it declared that one of its priorities was to restrict the purchase of… -
More on the new Land Transfer Act
3 November 2017
My last update (A New Land Transfer Act, LawTalk 909, August) considered three key issues arising from the Land Transfer… -
Advising overseas persons investing
19 October 2017 (PDF File, 164.6 KB)
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When contracting out agreements don’t provide protection
6 October 2017
Section 21J of the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 provides the court with a discretion to void a relationship property agreement… -
Common themes in complaints against lawyers about Conveyancing
4 August 2017
Property complaints seem to be a growing area of complaints in New Zealand. For the past two years, property has… -
Thinking about the children when dividing relationship property
4 August 2017
A recent LawTalk article by Kimberley Lawrence and Greg Kelly (Joining adult children to their parents’ relationship property proceedings as… -
A new Land Transfer Act
4 August 2017
The main thing I remember from the land law class I took at law school was the notion of ‘indefeasibility’,… -
The loss of anonymity in relationship property proceedings
30 June 2017
Traditionally, fictitious names or initials have been used to anonymise the names of parties to Family Court proceedings. This meant… -
Deceit, broken promises and unequal sharing
30 June 2017
The recent High Court decision in Bowden v Bowden [2016] NZHC 1201, [2017] NZFLR 56 has brought attention to “extraordinary… -
The Structure(s) of Property Law
2 June 2017
Most property lawyers are pragmatists – we aim to get things done. But property law, as a structure, is not… -
Unit titles, and the element of surprise
2 March 2017
One of the best editorials I ever read was entitled “The Element of Surprise”, about how new experiences, travel, and…
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Last updated on the 2nd March 2017