With over 34 percent of people in New Zealand renting the property they live in, the passing of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (“the Bill”) has the potential to significantly impact the tenant and landlord relationship; particularly with regard to ending a tenancy. One of the reforms to the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 (“RTA”) relates
An unformed legal road, more commonly known as a paper road, is a parcel of land that is legally recognised as a road but has never been formed into a road. Many paper roads cannot be identified by physically looking at the land, as it could just be a paddock, but paper roads will be
The primary and distinctive difference between contracting out and relationship property agreements relates to the timing and status of a relationship between two parties. The definition and status of a relationship as a marriage, de-facto relationship or civil union, under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976 (“the Act”) is important in assessing a contracting out agreement
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented global disaster. Entire nations were forced to go into lockdown, requiring its residents to stay at home for an undefined amount of time. The New Zealand Government responded promptly to the pandemic with the first confirmed case in New Zealand being 28 February 2020 and
