20 April 2012
By Taranaki Branch
Taranaki lawyers have the opportunity to participate in a special one-hour NZLS CLE Ltd 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 ... More about Guiding your clients through rural succession planning.
20 April 2012
By Taranaki Branch
The Law Society's legal education company NZLS CLE Ltd is planning two webinars to give Taranaki 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.
17 February 2012
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A 150-minute videoconference to update property lawyers on developments in the Property Law Act 2007 is to be held in New Plymouth 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 New Plymouth if ... More about New Plymouth to host Property Law update seminar.
16 January 2012
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 4 active claims covering 4 properties in the Taranaki region at 8 January 2012.
All of these were located in New Plymouth.
The Department has received 6691 claims lodged for 9329 properties and completed assessments for 10, 204 ... More about All leaky building claims in New Plymouth.
15 December 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Central Region
High Courts
Gisborne, Hamilton, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Tauranga, Whanganui
Close: 5pm, Friday 23 December
Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January
District Courts
Gisborne, Napier, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Rotorua, Tauranga
Close: 5pm, Friday 23 December
Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January
Hastings,Whanganui
Close: 3pm, Friday 23 December
Open: 9am, Wednesday 4 January
... More about Court holiday dates, Christmas-New Year 2011-12.
20 October 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 4 active claims covering 4 properties in the Taranaki region at 30 September 2011.
All the claims were in New Plymouth.
As at 30 September 2011 the Department has received 6582 claims lodged for 9077 properties and completed assessments for 9651 ... More about Leaky building claims only in New Plymouth.
12 October 2011
By Taranaki Branch
All Taranaki councils had 100% of their resource consent applications processed on time, except for New Plymouth District Council.
New Plymouth was still above the national average with 98% of its resource consent applications processed on time. The national average sits at 95%.
9.5% of the local council application deadlines were extended using section 37 ... More about Taranaki resource consent applications processed on time .
20 September 2011
By Taranaki Branch
The Taranaki region will soon be expected to implement a single report for presentation of information required under the Sentencing Act 2002 to the courts from 31 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 ... More about New court sentencing reports .
8 September 2011
By Taranaki Branch
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 Gift duty repeal webinar to provide valuable tips.
1 September 2011
By Taranaki Branch
New Plymouth is set to get a new cop shop.
The Police Station built by the Ministry of Works in 1962 is to be pulled down with a new one built in its place.
Over the last 49 years the force has grown from fewer than 30 officers to 155.
The existing station will ... More about New police station for New Plymouth.
19 August 2011
By Taranaki Branch
New Zealand Law Society information on practising certificates on issue at 1 August 2011 shows that the Taranaki branch has 1.3% of New Zealand's lawyers.
Of the 148 practising certificates held by Taranaki lawyers, 84 are held by men and 64 by women - meaning 57% of Taranaki lawyers are men. This is just above the ... More about Taranaki branch has 1.3% of NZ's lawyers.
15 August 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were 4 active claims covering 4 properties in the Taranaki branch area at 2 August 2011.
All of these are located in the New Plymouth region.
Nationally at 2 August 2011, there were 1, 809 active claims (up from 1,792 at 31 June 2011) ... More about Taranaki leaky building claims only in New Plymouth.
11 August 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Taranaki from 1 January to 31 July 2011 were down 4.5% on the same period in 2010.
During July 2011 there were 110 sales in Taranaki, which was down 24.1% on the 145 sales in July 2010.
As an indicator of ... More about Taranaki residential sales still lag behind 2010.
21 July 2011
By Taranaki Branch
The New Plymouth District Council has not made any dramatic changes to its advocacy budget for the 2011/12 year.
The strategic plan for regional representation, advocacy and investment management budget is set at $1.026 million a decrease from the 2010/11 $1.113 million.
The majority of the money is set to spend on governance ($742, 042); public ... More about New Plymouth District Council’s advocacy budget similar to 2010/11.
21 July 2011
By Taranaki Branch
The Department of Labour is reporting that there was an increase in skilled job vacancies for the North Island (up 7.3%) in the month of June 2011.
Most regions experienced growth in advertised skilled vacancies in June. Growth was the strongest though in the South Island (up 12.0%) - except Canterbury (0.%) and ... More about Increase in skilled vacancies for North Island.
6 July 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there are four active claims in the Taranaki region at 31 June 2011.
All of these claims are based in the New Plymouth District Council region.
Nationally at the end of June 2011, there were 1,792 active claims ( ... More about Only four leaky building claims in Taranaki in June.
6 July 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there are four active claims in the Taranaki at 31 June 2011.
All of these claims are based in the New Plymouth District Council region.
Nationally at the end of June 2011, there were 1,792 active claims (down ... More about Only four leaky building claims in Taranaki in June.
1 July 2011
By Taranaki Branch
The Taranaki Community Law Centre is now part of a national body.
All of New Zealand’s 26 Community Law Centres have announced they have recently voted on the formation of Community Law Centres o Aotearoa (CLCA).
CLCA was established on 3 June 2011, in Bell Gully’s Wellington Offices. Elected to the ... More about Taranaki Community Law Centre to join national body.
1 July 2011
By Taranaki Branch
There is still space available for the NZLS CLE Ltd video-conference: Ethics for Litigators.
The 90-minute presentation is aimed at practitioners, who appear in any court or tribunal. It will be held on 7 July between 9AM - 1130AM.
Judge Raoul Neave and Christchurch lawyer Duncan Webb will discuss the principles ... More about Video-conference cancellations and updates.
15 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Lawyers are invited to attend a NZLS CLE Ltd webinar on asset planning - the impact of the Ministry of Social Development's means assessment.
Live to your computer on 21 July the seminar delivered via the internet will address questions surrounding what the Ministry of Social Development takes into account ... More about Asset planning webinars.
15 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Lawyers are invited to attend a NZLS CLE Ltd webinar on asset planning - the impact of the Ministry of Social Development's means assessment.
Live to your computer on 21 July the seminar delivered via the internet will address questions surrounding what the Ministry of Social Development takes into account ... More about Asset planning webinars.
15 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
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.
15 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
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 ... More about Seminars on evidence for family lawyers.
14 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
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 New ... More about Leaky buildings video conference.
14 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
New Plymouth District Court will have a baggage x-ray facility in place by the end of this year, Courts Minister Georgina te Heuheu has announced.
A baggage x-ray facility became operational in Palmerston North District Court on 13 June. Five further baggage x-rays will be installed at Whangarei District Court, New ... More about New Plymouth District Court to get x-ray screening.
13 June 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Taranaki in May 2011 were up 20.4% on May 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 769 sales in Taranaki, which is 2.4% down on the first five months of 2010. However, there is an encouraging sign in the ... More about Taranaki residential sales up 20% in May on previous year.
20 May 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Taranaki in April 2011 were down 9.0% on April 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 568 sales in Taranaki, which is 8.5% down on the first four months of 2010.
As an indicator of the value of residential ... More about Taranaki residential conveyancing statistics for April 2011.
9 May 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Taranaki 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.
5 May 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Minister for Courts, Georgina te Heuheu shows that Taranaki District Courts generally have shorter average periods before committal or hearing than the national average over 2010.
Mrs te Heuheu released the information in response to a series of written Parliamentary questions from Labour MP Pete Hodgson.
Information ... More about Taranaki District Court waiting times better than average.
5 May 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information collected by the New Zealand Law Society shows that New Plymouth has the highest concentration of lawyers per head of population for urban areas in the Taranaki branch region.
At 1 April 2011 there were 118 lawyers who worked in New Plymouth, giving a ratio of 2.3 lawyers per 1,000 inhabitants. The New Zealand ... More about More lawyers per head in New Plymouth.
4 May 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information collected by the New Zealand Law Society shows that 150 lawyers held practising certificates in the Taranaki 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 of practising certificates on issue in Taranaki were as follows:
Taranaki branch practising ... More about Taranaki branch has 1.3% of NZ's lawyers.
26 April 2011
By Taranaki Branch
A seminar explaining the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and aimed at professionals with clients who own forestry land will be held in New Plymouth on 24 May.
“Emission Trading Scheme Forestry” has been organised by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. The seminar aims to provide a guide to ETS ... More about ETS Forestry seminar to be held in New Plymouth.
15 April 2011
By Taranaki Branch
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 Taranaki legal aid providers.
14 April 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information on residential dwelling unit sales released by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand shows that sales in Taranaki in March 2011 were down 8.8% on March 2010.
Year-to-date, there have been 426 sales in Taranaki, which is 8.4% down on the first three months of 2010.
As an indicator of the value of residential ... More about Taranaki residential conveyancing statistics, March 2011.
11 April 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Information released by the Department of Building and Housing's Weathertight Homes Resolution Service shows that there were just 2 active claims covering 2 properties in the Taranaki branch area at 31 March 2011.
Both claims were located in New Plymouth City Council territory.
Nationally at the end of March 2011, there were 1,825 active claims ( ... More about Taranaki leak building claims rare.
8 April 2011
By Taranaki Branch
Taranaki 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 the ... More about Webinar backgrounds GST changes for land transactions .
