Quite often, something will pop up on the legal or general news radar that casts me into “I wonder” mode … promptly sparking a Google-fest of searching and cross-referencing to satiate my curiosity.
I’ve had an active interest in property transactions for many years from different vantage points, both as a lawyer and as a bank lender. So I’ve seen property transactions go both good and bad, and everything in between, from a number of perspectives.
As we begin to look at 2016, the year that was, Clayton v Clayton will go down in the history books as one of the most significant legal happenings of the year - and one of the most defining cases in New Zealand relationship property and trust law history.
The rules around lending in New Zealand are changing about as fast as homes are flying off the market. Here, our Solicitor, Sophie Diedrichs, answers some of the most common questions surrounding developments.
Once upon a time, not so many years back, it would have been rather inconceivable that the mere mention of one particular letter could evoke such concern, distaste and, often, even fear.
