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Damage to your rental: who foots the bill?

We all know that if a rental is damaged due to fair wear and tear, that the landlord is responsible for the repair costs as part of general maintenance. Fair wear and tear includes things like worn carpet, appliances breaking and scuff marks on the walls.

Residential property Building residential property
Emission Control: What the Zero Carbon Act means for businesses

One of the most significant pieces of new legislation introduced last year was the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act, m

Business & Commercial Business advisory
Feeling extended? What you need to know about the wage subsidy extension

With the change in alert levels, many businesses are now back fully operating, although we know there will be many still struggling with

Business & Commercial Financing Business advisory
Court Update for Alert Level 2

Now that the country has moved to Alert Level 2 for COVID-19, the New Zealand courts are not far behind.

Relationship & Family
Shared parenting at Level 3

As the lockdown restrictions are eased, new guidance from the Ministry of Justice highlights changes to parenting arrangements. It covers arrangements set out in court orders (under the Care of Children Act 2004) as well as any private arrangements between parents/caregivers and children.

Relationship & Family Care of Children
Wage subsidy warning: How to manage your lump sum payment

With more businesses returning to work as lockdown restrictions are eased, questions around the use of the 12-week wage subsidy are arising. One question we’d like to focus on here is around contractors who received the Wage Subsidy in a lump sum payment but who have since been able to return to work at Alert Level 3.

Business & Commercial Financing
Confining COVID-19 in the workplace

“No one wants to see us go backwards,” said Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern on 28 April, the day after lockdown restrictions were downgraded from Alert Level 4 to Level 3. That point was reinforced at the news conference on 7 May regarding our potential move down to Level 2 as early as next week.

Business & Commercial
How remote working can work for your business

What seemed unthinkable a few short weeks ago has become the new normal in so many different parts of our lives. One of the most obvious is the impact social distancing has had on the way we work. Any organisation that has been able to move some or all of its operations online has embraced working remotely.

Business & Commercial Set-up & Structuring