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Rugby World Cup 2011 - Jumping on the brand wagon
Autumn 2010
Next year the spectacle that is the Rugby World Cup ('RWC') returns to New Zealand for the first time since the All Blacks won the inaugural event in 1987. Rugby New Zealand has estimated that RWC 2011 will pump more than $500 million dollars into the New Zealand economy with the New Zealand Government taking a whopping $112 million in additional tax revenue. In this article Mike McMellon, a partner at Pitt & Moore Nelson, talks about how laws introduced to protect the organisers and official sponsors of events such as RWC 2011 might impact your business.
Resouce consent applications from a submitter's perspective
Autumn 2010
Jaime Bright, a solicitor with Harkness Henry, provides some advice regarding the process involved in making submissions on a resource consent application and appearing at a council hearing.
Simplifying and streamlining of resource consent applications
Autumn 2010
The Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Act 2009 came into effect on 1 October 2009, bringing a number of changes aimed at 'simplifying and streamlining' a number of resource management processes.
Becoming a trustee of a charitable trust
Autumn 2010
Matthew Peploe, a senior associate with Harkness Henry, looks at the duties and obligations of a trustee of a charitable trust.
Testamentary guardianship
Autumn 2010
Have you considered who will make decisions regarding your children's care if you die? In this article Jo Douglas, solicitor with AWS Legal, discusses one of the main concerns for nearly all parents when making a will.
They were Agents, now they are Salespeople
Autumn 2010
The Real Estate Agents Act 2008 is now in force. We have heard regular sound bites of information on the new REINZ Sale and Purchase Agreement and now we have competing versions of sale and purchase agreements in the marketplace.
I've got it, I don't want it, can I sell my Maori land?
Autumn 2010
In this first article from Cara Bennett, an associate with Langley Twigg, Cara advises on whether Maori land can be sold.
'Money Matters' Construction Contracts Act 2002
Autumn 2010
One of the key objectives of the Construction Contracts Act 2002 was to facilitate regular and timely payments between the parties to a construction contract. This article by Emma Burke, an associate with Anderson Lloyd, looks at whether the Act has achieved this objective.
A squatter's guide to securing ownership of land
Autumn 2010
In this article Trudy Miller, a solicitor with Anderson Lloyd, canvasses the ways in which a person in possession of abandoned land can acquire ownership.
I want a will, is there a way?
Autumn 2010
In this second article, Cara Bennett looks at the importance of having a will especially with regard to Maori land.