June 2019
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Ruby Haddon Law Clerk, started on 10 June. Ruby is a recent Otago graduate with a Bachelor of Laws and Arts. Ruby is returning home to Canterbury and we are thrilled to have her joining Hamish's team.
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June 2019
Last year Mortlock McCormack Law entered the Westpac Helicopter Air Rescue Summer Crew Challenge – it was the firm’s first time getting involved in this event. The challenge was in two parts, fundraising and a physical and mental challenge to ...
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The last twelve months have been busy for the Sarahs at Mortlock McCormack Law, they each gave birth to their first child, a girl. We were lucky enough have all three mothers and babies in the office recently, see the attached photo of Sarah Manning ...
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There are two key changes to employment legislation that both employers and employees need to be aware of. These are the new rules around trial periods for employers with 20 or more staff and the provision of domestic violence leave for all ...
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We are pleased to advise Michael O’Flaherty has been promoted to Associate, effective 1 May 2019.
Michael was admitted to the bar in December 2014, and joined Mortlock McCormack Law in 2015. Michael specialises in property, commercial and ...
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In 2015 the Government introduced a reform to the Residential Tenancies Act which aimed to ensure that all rental properties meet minimum insulation requirements. The changes were in response to concerns that many rental properties did not provide ...
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The post-earthquake property shortage affected not only residential property, but commercial as well. The reduction of available space and amount of tenants needing to relocate found tenants pressured to sign up to a lease with little ability to ...
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Partner Sue McCormack was elected as the Chancellor of the University of Canterbury on 1 January 2019 and will be retiring from the firm at the end of March. Sue has had a long and distinguished career as a lawyer for nearly 35 years and will be ...
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Anybody who has a trust or is a trustee should now be aware that the reform of trust law, which will see the Trustees Act 1956 replaced with a new Trusts Act, is winding its way through our parliamentary process. The new Trusts Act is likely to come ...
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An agreement for the sale or purchase of property is arguably the most significant contract that most of us enter into.
How often do you show this binding and significant document to your lawyer before you sign it?
In our experience, the ...
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