What to do when a Trustee loses capacity: A guide for Family Trusts
A Trustee of my Family Trust has lost capacity – what do I do? Trustees are the people who own the trust assets and manage those assets for the benefit…
Making consenting easy
Consents may be a necessary requirement for you to do what you want to do. It is important to front load your planning process and secure quality advice before you…
Owners liability and the RMA
The Resource Management Act 1991 sets out how Councils develop plans, how consents are granted and importantly how people are held responsible when they do not comply with the RMA,…
Environmental law – notifications
One of the early matters a planner must attend to when they receive an application for consent is to determine whether it should be non-notified, limited notified or publicly notified. …
Environmental law – transfer of consents
An often forgotten fish hook in business and land transactions is ensuring transfer of any consents required for your activity to take place. This can be something as straightforward as…
Environmental law – Resource consent lapse dates
Resource Consents have lapse dates. These dates are very important. If you haven’t started the activity and fulfilled all the conditions of consent that ensured your activity was set up…
Environmental law – Replacement consents and expiry dates
Resource consents are required to ensure the activity you want to do is carried out in a way that looks after you, the environment and those around you. Not everything…
Environmental Law – an introduction
There has always been a tension between the way we interact with the world for our benefit and how we should interact with the world to avoid the detriment of…
When can an employer require an employee to take annual holidays?
In this post-COVID world, some employers may be finding that their employees’ annual holiday balances have crept up, and they may be asking themselves whether they can direct those employees…
Trusts Act Update – core documents
The Trusts Act that came into effect in January 2021 is the first major reform since 1956. New legislation has impacted trustees, beneficiaries, and legal practitioners, mainly for the better. The…