Crypto Currency & Estate Planning

March 2023 Crypto Currency and Estate Planning Crypto currency poses a unique challenge for estate planning. It is an asset that is often overlooked by will-makers. Given the decentralised nature of its storage, it can also be irretrievable by those few ... Read more

Record Rainfall, Floods, & Landslides – our thoughts go out to those up North

March 2023

Emily Flaszynski

While Canterbury basked in January sunshine, the North Island was hit by record rainfall that left roads closed, communities cut off, and Elton John cancelled. The flooding and landslides caused millions of dollars of damage. Then February ... Read more

New Principals

February 2023 Mortlock McCormack Law is thrilled to announce the promotion of Emily Flaszynski and Chris Egden as Principals, effective 1 January 2023. Emily Flaszynski joined Mortlock McCormack Law as an Associate in March 2020 and specialises in ... Read more

Home Ownership Assistance Options – Kāinga Ora

December 2022 As all hopeful first home buyers are aware, it is not easy to pull together a deposit. With climbing interest rates, it is also becoming more and more difficult to service a mortgage. Kāinga Ora (the Crown entity responsible for providing public ... Read more

Sensible Separation – things to consider

December 2022

Emily Flaszynski

Have you recently separated or are you thinking of separating? While there is no “right” way to do it, there are a few things you need to consider.   Think about the practical arrangements. Where will you live? What contact will the ... Read more

Keeping Charity Charitable – might your objects or actions not receive charitable status?

September 2022

Andrew Logan

We all know charity when we see it. Whether it’s a person at the supermarket collecting coins for Hospice Care, the family donating cans of food to the City Mission, or the group of friends covered in dirt and sweat after a hard day of planting ... Read more

Selling a Business? – Asset vs Share Sales Explained

September 2022 If your company is looking to sell its business, is it best to sell the assets or the shares? What’s the difference between these two methods and what are the pros and cons of each? Asset Sale An asset sale is the sale of part or all of the ... Read more

Welcome Rachel van Eekelen (nee Haythornthwaite)

September 2022 We are pleased to welcome Rachel van Eekelen (nee Haythornthwaite) as an Associate in our family and relationship property team at Mortlock McCormack Law. Rachel is a family law specialist and is able to assist with separation and the division of ... Read more

Staff Announcements

September 2022 Welcome Ricki Allan – Solicitor; new solicitor with a keen interest in property, commercial, wills, contracts and trusts. Rachel van Eekelen (nee Haythornthwaite) – Associate; experienced Family Lawyer (RP, care of children, wills, EPOAs, ... Read more

Keeping Local Tennis Clubs in the Right Courts – A New Incorporated Societies Act

June 2022 On 6 April 2022 the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 (Act) came into force. The Act replaces and modernises the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 which had been in operation for 114 years. The Act codifies the underlying principles of the current law ... Read more