Family lawyer Michelle Duggan has been elected the President of the Law Society's Nelson branch. After practising in Wellington for 15 years, largely in the field of family law, Michelle moved to Nelson in 2005, where she works as a sole practitioner. Her previous work history includes working for a law ... More about New President for Nelson branch of Law Society.
Nelson lawyers have the opportunity to participate in a special one-hour webinar aimed at clarifying the complex issues around rural succession planning. Succession Planning for Rural Practitioners will be presented on 8 June for one hour from 11:00am. It will look at how practitioners who advise agricultural families can help guide ... More about Guiding your clients through rural succession planning.
The Law Society's legal education company NZLS CLE Ltd is planning two webinars to give Nelson lawyers valuable information on new and planned legislation. Webinars enable anyone - no matter where they are located - to hear presentations on a particular topic, view PowerPoint slides and type in questions ... More about Webinars offer chance to learn about new legislation.
A 150-minute videoconference to update property lawyers on developments in the Property Law Act 2007 is to be held in Nelson on 1 May 2012. The videoconference is being run by the New Zealand Law Society’s continuing legal education arm, NZLS CLE Ltd. It will be held in Nelson if a minimum ... More about Nelson a venue for Property Law Act update.
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 9 active claims covering 9 properties in the Nelson branch region at 8 January 2012. ... More about 9 active claims in Nelson branch region .
Southern Region Supreme Court Closes: 5pm, Friday 23 December Opens: 9am, Monday 9 January Court of Appeal Closes: 3pm, Friday 23 December Opens: 9am, Monday 9 January High Courts Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Invercargill, Masterton, Nelson, Timaru, Wellington Close: 5pm, Friday 23 December Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January District Courts Blenheim, Christchurch, Dunedin, Greymouth, Invercargill, Nelson, ... More about Court holiday dates, Christmas-New Year 2011-12.
Nelson City Council's decision to create a Māori ward for the next local elections has elicited praise from the Race Relations Commissioner Joris de Bres. Nelson city is the third council in New Zealand and the first in the South Island to establish a Māori ward. The ... More about Nelson praised for Māori council ward.
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 6 active claims covering 6 properties in the Nelson area at 30 September 2011. This is down three claims from information released at 2 August 2011. As at September 2011 the Department has received 6582 claims lodged for 9077 properties and ... More about Leaky building claims in Nelson down.
The Tasman District Council processed 99% of their resource consent applications processed on schedule with Nelson City Council processing 89% on time. The national average sits at 95%. However 32% of Tasman’s application deadlines were extended by the council’s use of section 37 of the Resource Management Act the council. 19% of Nelson ... More about 99% of Tasman District Council's resource consent applications processed on time.
The Nelson region will be expected to implement a single report for presentation of information required under the Sentencing Act 2002 to the courts from 1 March 2012. The Department of Corrections' Community Probation Services (CPS) says it has implemented a new Integrated Practice Framework (IPF) for the management of parole, home detention, ... More about New court sentencing reports .
Gift duty will be repealed from 1 October 2011, but lawyers are being warned that they shouldn’t automatically advise clients to forgive any outstanding debts owed to them by a family trust. Doing so could result in clients becoming ineligible for means-tested benefits in the future, including the residential care subsidy. ... More about Webinar provides chance to consider gift duty repeal.
New Zealand Law Society information on practising certificates on issue at 1 August 2011 shows that Nelson branch has 1.3% of New Zealand's lawyers. Of the 149 practising certificates held by Nelson lawyers, 96 are held by men and 53 by women - meaning 64% of Nelson lawyers are men. This is above the national proportion, ... More about Nelson branch has 1.3% of New Zealand lawyers.
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 9 active claims covering 9 properties in the Nelson branch area at 2 August 2011. There are 5 (5 properties) located in Tasman with the remainding 4 (4 properties) in the Nelson region. Nationally at 2 August 2011, there were 1, 809 active claims ( ... More about Nine leaky building claims in region.
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Nelson from January to July 2011 down 0.8% on the same period in 2010. However, the 127 sales made in Nelson in July 2011 were up 12.4% on July 2010, when 113 sales were made. As an indicator of ... More about Nelson residential conveyancing value still behind 2010.
The Local Government and Environment Committee recommends an amendment to the Freedom Camping Bill - that will see the Nelson District council having to regular review related by-laws. In reporting back on the Bill the majority of the committee recommended deleting clause 12 and inserting a new clause 12. The committee members ... More about Select Committee recommendation to affect Nelson.
The Department of Labour is reporting that most regions experienced growth in advertised skilled vacancies in the month of June 2011. Growth was the strongest in the South Island - except Canterbury (up 12.0%) and the North Island - except Auckland and Wellington (up 7.3%). There was a small drop in job vacancies ... More about Strongest growth in skilled vacancies in South.
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there are nine active claims in the Nelson region at 31 June 2011. Five of the claims come from the Tasman District Council region with the remanding four located in the Nelson City Council area. Nationally ... More about Nine active leaky building claims in Nelson in June.
Nelson lawyers are invited to attend a NZLS CLE Ltd webinar on asset planning - the impact of the Ministry of Social Development's means assessment. The webinar will be delivered via the internet on 21 July and will look at what the Ministry of Social Development takes into account when ... More about Asset planning webinar looks at impact of means assessment.
NZLS CLE Ltd is providing lawyers with the opportunity to learn more about the Unit Titles Act 2010. This heralds a significant change in the property market and along with the explosion of unit title developments a significant numbers of residents come under the ambit of this Act. They, along ... More about Unit Titles Act seminars.
The NZLS CLE Ltd are hosting a series of seminars and video-conferences on Evidence for Family Lawyers at the end of this month. The Family Court has become riddled with hearsay, opinion, propensity and irrelevant evidence leading to unnecessary delays, expense, frustration and irritation on the part of other counsel ... More about Seminars on evidence for family lawyers.
Which forum will produce the best result for your client? When does the 10-year limitation start? How do you deal with the technical evidence? These questions and many more will be answered at an NZLS CLE Ltd live video-conference presented by Tim Rainey and Dan Parker in the ... More about Leaky buildings video conference.
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Nelson in May 2011 were down 3.8% on May 2010. Year-to-date, there have been 625 sales in Nelson, which is 9.2% down on the first five months of 2010. As an indicator of the value of residential ... More about Nelson residential dwelling sales still lag behind 2010.
Nelson employment law practitioners have an opportunity to hear from the Chief Employment Court Judge during a special NZLS CLE Ltd webinar on 3 June 2011. “Raising Personal Grievances and Challenges – getting it right” will be held at 1:00pm. The 1-hour webinar will link all registered participants to Judge Colgan and Buddle ... More about Webinar gives key information on raising and challenging personal grievances.
Information collected by the New Zealand Law Society shows that 149 lawyers held practising certificates in the Nelson branch area at 1 April 2011. This was 1.3% of all practising certificates on issue at the time (including 341 lawyers based overseas). Details on practising certificates on issue in the Nelson branch area were as follows: ... More about Information on Nelson branch lawyer numbers released.
A seminar explaining the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and aimed at professionals with clients who own forestry land will be held in locations in Nelson on 16 May. “Emission Trading Scheme Forestry” has been organised by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. The seminar aims to provide a guide to ... More about ETS Forestry seminar to be held in Nelson.
While the new Legal Services Act comes into force on 1 July 2011, changes announced by the government on 13 April have added further complexity to the knowledge legal aid providers need of the new system. A NZLS CLE Ltd seminar, “Changes to Legal Aid 2011”, is being held at 23 venues around New Zealand ... More about Legal Services Act changes update essential for all Nelson legal aid providers.
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Nelson in March 2011 were down 7.0% on March 2010. Year-to-date, there have been 346 sales in Nelson, which is 13.3% down on the first three months of 2010. As an indicator of the value of residential ... More about Nelson residential conveyancing statistics, March 2011.
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 10 active claims covering 10 properties in the Nelson branch area at 31 March 2011. Of the active claims, 6 were in Tasman District Council (for 6 properties) and 4 in Nelson City Council (4 properties). Nationally at the end ... More about Nelson leaky building claims at low level.
Nelson branch lawyers will be able to participate in a special NZLS CLE Ltd webinar which looks at the impact of the new zero-rating regime for business-to-business land transaction. The new regime has applied from 1 April 2011 and significantly alters the way GST is accounted for, how assets are sold and ... More about Webinar backgrounds GST changes for land transactions .