November 7, 2023

Know your obligations before signing up to a conditional house purchase

An example of the critical importance of purchasers understanding their obligations under conditional sale and purchase agreements is the Strack v Grey case. (Strack v Grey [2019] NZCA 432) WHAT HAPPENED Essentially Grey, an Otago businessman who owned a property in Mosgiel, wanted to buy the Strack’s property in Dunedin. Grey wanted to put in

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Incorporated Societies Act changes in the air – do you need to do anything?

To say the law relating to NZ’s thousands of incorporated societies needed a face lift would be quite an understatement. The relevant Act was passed in 1908! These days incorporated societies can be significant operations, and the old Act neither fits well with modern needs, nor really helps people in day-to-day operations. With all this

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