Most experienced real estate agents will recall some of the practical difficulties arising from the Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision in LB and QB v The Real Estate Agents’ Authority & Li (2011). This case involved a land covenant that had been registered on the title, which prohibited the […] Read More›
We are often asked the question whether all Director’s need to be signatories to a contract. More often than not in our hectic daily lives companies who have more than one Director find it difficult to get those people all together for signing. This usually leads to delays in getting […] Read More›
The Court of Appeal has recently upheld a High Court decision which confirmed that the avoidance of a relationship property agreement intended to defeat creditors’ rights cannot improve the position of creditors only to preserve it. This case was very interesting to the extent that the offending provision of the […] Read More›
In the recent case of Shi v. Chief Executive, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (2014), the High Court affirmed Immigration New Zealand’s position regarding China’s one child policy with respect to the granting of a New Zealand visa. In this case, Shi overstayed after her husband’s long term business […] Read More›