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Andrew Logan Archives - Mortlock McCormack Law | Property and Commercial Law | Christchurch, New Zealand
Andrew Logan Archives - Mortlock McCormack Law | Property and Commercial Law | Christchurch, New Zealand
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Tax Considerations when Beneficiaries Live Overseas

August 2024

Andrew Logan

Family Trusts and Estates – Things to think about for your family trust and your estate when beneficiaries live overseas It is common for adult children and grandchildren to live overseas. The length of time away from New Zealand and the degree ...
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Brian Kinley

June 2024

Andrew Logan

We were sad to hear of Brian Kinley’s death.  Brian was a respected sole practitioner who had practised in Christchurch for approximately 58 years. Prior to Brian’s death we had been in discussions with him about the merger of his practice ...
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Trust Account Authority

December 2023

Andrew Logan

It’s important for us to get full instructions from you when paying funds out of our trust account. All lawyers must ensure that when paying money out of a client’s trust account, they have authority from the client to do so. This is ...
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The Bank of Mum & Dad

December 2023

Andrew Logan

Bianca Takerei-Nuku

It is estimated that around two-thirds of first home buyers in New Zealand seek assistance from their parents to purchase their first home. If you are contemplating supporting your child in purchasing their first home or subsequent property, you ...
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The Price of Breaching Trustees’ Disclosure Obligations?

March 2023

Andrew Logan Jamie Stanton

You may have a trust for a variety of reasons, whether for asset structuring or estate planning purposes, or perhaps to benefit a charitable cause or community group. You could be the beneficiary of a particular trust settled by somebody ...
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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 ...
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Trust Busting – Commercial/Business Risk (Brkic v White [2021] NZCA 670)

March 2022

Andrew Logan Jamie Stanton

The 2016 Supreme Court case of Clayton v Clayton found that a person’s “bundle of rights” in a trust (e.g. being a trustee, appointor, beneficiary and having powers to say remove other beneficiaries) could be considered an asset in that ...
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Law Commission Review of Succession Law

September 2021

Andrew Logan

Te Aka Matua o te Ture | Law Commission Review of Succession Law in New Zealand Earlier this year the Law Commission released an Issues Paper which explores the current law of succession in New Zealand. It includes a number of recommendations as ...
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Trusts Act 2019 – it’s here!

March 2021

Jamie Stanton

On 30 January 2021 the Trusts Act 2019 came into effect – increased trustee obligations and disclosure requirements are now in force. All trustees must now have regard to the mandatory and default duties set out in the Act. Trustees are also ...
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The Trusts Act 2019 – What it means for you

December 2019

Andrew Logan

The (long-awaited) review and reform of the Trustee Act 1956 has finally been completed.  On 30 July 2019, the new “Trusts Act 2019” received royal assent.  The new Act comes into effect on 31 January 2021 and replaces the old 1956 ...
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