As they say, prevention tends to be better than the cure, so let’s take a look at one of the most pragmatic preventative legal measures you can take to safeguard your future – robust asset protection.
We’ve been bringing you a fair bit of info lately on Wills, and how this seemingly simplest of documents can end up bursting open the proverbial can of worms – especially if it’s poorly drafted and the person leaving the will doesn’t understand they have often onerous obligations, even in death.
Ensuring each staff member has an up-to-date employment contract – as required by law – just got a little easier with the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) launching an online employment agreement builder.
Like any owner who juggles the challenge of working “in” and “on” my business, I have to stay super-disciplined to ensure I don’t let “busyness” result in important checks, balances, planning and protections slipping off the radar.
If even a smidgen of the thought and planning that’s invested in getting into a business went into getting out of it, life would be a whole lot easier for many business people.
The Government is ramping up efforts to address soaring property prices, and, having focused on the “demand” side of the equation, is now moving to focus on “supply”.
They’re relatively easily, speedily and cost-effectively constructed, yet a frightening number of businesses leave themselves wide open to the often difficult, protracted and expensive fallout that comes with coasting along unprotected.
The feedback’s continuing to roll in around our family law specialist, Gillian Stuart, and her series of interesting legal facts that’s been running in The Messenger. Earlier in the year, Off the Record ran Gillian’s first 10 facts. And now, by popular demand, we’re delighted to bring you Numbers 11 to 15.
