Important Changes to Trust Law – Trusts Act 2019

Important Changes to Trust Law – Trusts Act 2019

As you may be aware, the existing Trustee Act 1956 will be replaced by the Trusts Act 2019 (‘the new Act’), which comes into force on 30 January 2021. The new Act primarily serves as a restatement and clarification of existing trust law, in a way which modernises the...
Welcome David Rooke and Staff

Welcome David Rooke and Staff

As of 7 July 2020 David Rooke Law office was incorporated into GML Lawyers. David and his team Deepal Kumar, Maureen Lee and Lyn Jaggard will be joining us and bringing with them more than 30 years’ experience practicing in East Auckland with a particular emphasis in...
COVID-19 Employment issues: Wage Subsidy

COVID-19 Employment issues: Wage Subsidy

The government is offering a Wage Subsidy Scheme to all businesses in an attempt to support employers who are struggling with the financial repercussions of COVID-19. It is intended to support employers to keep paying their staff over the full subsidy period of 12...
Commercial Lease Issues

Commercial Lease Issues

Over the last few months, we have seen the COVID-19 pandemic unravel and disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives both on a domestic and international scale. On midnight 25 March, New Zealand effectively went into complete shutdown. As a result, an unprecedented number...
Performance of Contract Issues

Performance of Contract Issues

Over the last few months, we have seen the COVID-19 pandemic unravel and disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives both on a domestic and international scale. In New Zealand, the entire country went into Alert Level 4 lockdown on 25 March following the government’s...