12 Nov 2016
Preparing for the inevitable
Newsflash – notwithstanding some speedy cryogenics breakthrough, we’re all going to shuffle off this mortal coil one day. Even our most hardy avoidant, denial mechanisms, including skirting around the very real need to not only make a proper Will, but also keep it current, are an antidote to that reality. Read more ›
03 Nov 2016
Contracting Out
It’s an oft-quoted figure bandied about when it comes to marriage break-ups: half of us who make it to the altar will divorce. Ah, but nay, say our national number crunchers; that’s actually quite the urban myth. According to Statistics New Zealand, which monitors the number of marriages and divorces over time, the marriage dissolution rate is, in fact, closer to a third. Read more ›
25 Oct 2016
Supreme Court - Clayton v Clayton
As we begin to look at 2016, the year that was, Clayton v Clayton will go down in the history books as one of the most significant legal happenings of the year - and one of the most defining cases in New Zealand relationship property and trust law history. Read more ›
24 Oct 2016
Drug's tell-tale signs all but invisible
Once upon a time, not so many years back, it would have been rather inconceivable that the mere mention of one particular letter could evoke such concern, distaste and, often, even fear. Yes, while it used to sit quite innocuously between “O” and “Q”, P nowadays carries a rather singular message: methamphetamine – or, rather, crystal meth; “meth” for short. Read more ›
09 May 2016