Practice Areas
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Property Law
Litigation & Disputes
Family Law
Wills & Estates
Trusts
Commercial Law
Company Law
Employment Law
Misc.
Property Law
- Buying and selling residential, commercial and rural property including sections, cross-leases, unit titles and “new builds”
- Property due diligence investigations
- Mortgages, refinancing and guarantees
- Leases, cross-leases, licences to occupy
- Property sharing agreements
- Subdivisions
- Easements and covenants
- Advice on building contracts and building disputes
- Property disputes and litigation – including caveat proceedings and applications for specific performance of sale agreements
Litigation & Disputes
- Debt collection and enforcement
- Letters raising disputes/demanding payment
- Corporate and personal insolvency – bankruptcy and liquidation
- Disputes between neighbours including boundary disputes, rights of way and other easements, fencing, encroaching trees and structures, nuisance and harassment.
- Civil proceedings in the District Court, High Court and Appeal Courts
- Claims in tort and contract including negligence, nuisance, negligent misstatement, breach of privacy, breach of contract, misrepresentation, mistake.
- Equitable remedies (including fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, undue influence, unconscionability, restitution, unjust enrichment, estoppel, injunctions and other urgent relief)
- Alternative dispute resolution including negotiation, meditation and arbitration
- Tribunals (support and representation) – Disputes Tribunal, Tenancy Tribunal, Motor Vehicle Disputes Tribunal, Real Estate Agents Tribunal, Weathertight Homes Tribunal, Human Rights Authority and Tribunal
- Minor Traffic matters (drunk driving/careless driving)
Family Law
- Care of children – custody, guardianship and parenting issues
- Contracting out agreements (pre-nuptial agreements) and property sharing agreements
- Dissolution of marriage (divorce)
- Post-separation guidance on care of children and property matters
- Relationship property disputes (including complex disputes involving trusts and companies)
- Family violence – protection orders and disputes
- Family Court proceedings including mediation
Wills & Estates
- Drafting Wills
- Applying for Probate or Letters of Administration in the case of an intestacy
- Estates: estate planning, deceased estates, and administering estates
- Claims against estates – Family Protection Act, Testamentary Promises Act and Property (Relationships) Act
Trusts
- Advice on trusts
- Forming trusts
- Assisting with the disposal of assets into trusts, gifting to trusts
- Trust administration/restructuring/winding up
- Trust disputes including disputes between trustees and beneficiaries, and relationship property claims involving trusts
Commercial Law
- Contracts: advice, drafting and negotiation
- Sale of business, due diligence on business acquisitions
- Consumer Law
- Terms of trade and independent contracts
- Finance – loan agreements, refinancing and debt restructuring, PPSR securities, guarantees
- Partnerships, joint ventures, franchise agreements, and other commercial arrangements
- Contract and commercial disputes including Fair Trading Act, misrepresentation, undue influence and unfair bargains
Company Law
- Shareholders agreements and constitutions (drafting, interpretation, negotiation)
- Share sales and acquisitions
- Advice on shareholder rights/director duties
- Company disputes – shareholders, directors, creditors
- Enforcement – statutory demands and liquidation proceedings
Employment Law
- Employment agreements and policies
- Restraints of trade advice/disputes
- Advice and coaching on disciplinary procedure, restructuring and redundancies
- Personal grievances
- Health and Safety at Work Act – policies, Worksafe (“OSH”) investigations and prosecutions
- Human Rights Act (discrimination and sexual harassment)
- Employment Relations Authority, Employment Court and Human Rights Commission disputes and representation
Misc.
- Notary Public
- Healthcare law
- Privacy law – breach of privacy, privacy policies
- Insurance law – advice on insurance contracts, disputes over claims/interpretation, PI claims, insurance litigation
