The Australasian Meritas member firms are proud to present An
Introduction to Wills and Estates in Australia and New
Zealand.
By Timothy Orr - 16 Dec 2020
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Women in Restructuring & Insolvency (WIRI) have recognised
and celebrated leading women from across the sector including our
Partner, Jacque Lethbridge.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wiri-nz_wiri-nz-celebrating-leadership-activity-6740385977950466049-aiYm
By Melissa Higham - 6 Dec 2020
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Timothy Orr was recently interviewed by Radio New Zealand on
upcoming changes to Trust law in New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/427604/new-trust-laws-set-to-surprise-beneficiaries-lawyer
By Timothy Orr - 5 Oct 2020
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As readers might recall, in early April 2020, at the
height (and as part of) the initial response to COVID-19, the
Government announced a number of temporary changes to the Companies
Act 1993. The changes sought to address the position of companies
facing liquidity issues.
By Bill Gambrill - 16 Sep 2020
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When starting a new business with another person, or
introducing a new shareholder, there are many aspects of the
business competing for your time. Often the relationship between
shareholders may be overlooked as you just want to get on with
things. However over time you might find that you and your other
shareholders have quite different ideas for the direction of the
business and how it should be managed. Agreeing a robust
shareholders agreement from the outset should help to avoid
problems in the future.
By Andrew Skinner - 11 Sep 2020
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The Trusts Act 2019 ( Act)
comes into effect in January 2021, providing the first major reform
to trust law in over 70 years. Although the Act implements
significant changes, the over-arching purpose of the new
legislation is to re-state the existing law in a more accessible
format, so that it can better assist beneficiaries in holding
trustees to account.
By Jonathon Russell - 31 Aug 2020
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The pressure on couples living together 24/7 in their
household 'bubbles' has led to a rise in separations during
lockdown. Couples have been forced to spend more time together
while trying to work from home, fulfilling their usual household
duties, paying their bills on time and (where children are
involved) attending to their daily needs as well.
By Dharsh Nanayakkara - 24 Aug 2020
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This month we welcomed John back to the firm. During
John's absence he was a flight instructor at Ardmore and then spent
seven years flying for PNG Air, eventually captaining ATR72-600s in
Papua New Guinea.
By Melissa Higham - 24 Jul 2020
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Consumers are increasingly basing their purchasing
decisions on the environmental impact of the product or service. As
a result, environmental claims made by businesses about their goods
or services are becoming more common in advertising.
By Andrew Skinner - 19 Jul 2020
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It is generally well understood that if your relationship comes
to an end your relationship property must be shared 50/50 pursuant
to the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (PRA).
But, some people believe that if they transfer their assets to a
Trust, then those assets will be protected. This is rarely
true.
By Tara Grant - 14 Jul 2020
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