You are interested in how a trust has been run. The first thing to do is to look carefully at the information that is already available.

What happens when you raise a question and the trustees’ reaction seems unreasonable?

Jack and Jill were together for 10 years. They each had two adult children from their previous relationships. They owned the family home..

The first thing you will notice about the Declaratory Judgments Act 1908 is its age. This is law has been around now for more than a century

Dividing property in the aftermath of a failed relationship can unleash powerful emotions and can drive people to say and do things they..

A father wanted to ensure that his children would all receive equal treatment, so he set up a trust and appointed the eldest two children as

If you take a look at the Record of Title for your residential property, there is a pretty good chance you will find the words Fee Simple...

Jack and Jill are married with children from Jill’s previous marriage. Jack and Jill have set up a trust and transferred the family home to

Being a discretionary beneficiary of a trust – as many older New Zealanders are – can have a lot of upsides. It can also have downsides..

The legal landscape is littered with stories of fortunes lost and/or families torn apart – particularly where a farm or a family business is

The need for residential care for the elderly is growing.

Maintaining good family relationships can challenging at the best of times – even within the context of an otherwise loving and functional..

The more financially successful you are, the more there is to manage, even when you are no longer here to manage it.

Successfully passing the family farm on to the next generation in a way that it remains commercially viable and remains in the family...

It is easy to put off one of the most important documents that you will make in your lifetime – your Will.

If you are the co-owner of a property as joint tenants and you die, the property will pass to the surviving co-owner(s) by survivorship...

You can own property (or a share in a property) with other people in one of two ways: as joint tenants or as tenants in common.

Deceased estates are not without their challenges. Perhaps one of the more common challenges arises where one (or more) of the beneficiaries

We recommend when you are considering updating you will, that if you have a child or children, you consider who you would like to be...

It can be tempting to approach your relationship with your lawyer in much the same way as you approach your relationship with St John...

Who will be your executor? When choosing executors and trustees for your will, we encourage our clients to take time to think who will be...

Can you be evicted from your own home and forced to sell your interest in the property to your ex-partner, when there has been no misconduct

There are two kinds of Enduring Power of Attorney: in respect of Care & Welfare, and in respect of Property.

Probate is an order from the High Court which confirms a) the identity of the person who has died, and b) the identity of the people who