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Monday, 30 November -0001 11:39
Written by Linda Julian
By Linda Julian We're often asked how to get through the door to win a new client. While there are innumerable techniques, both our research and our experience show that there are some great ways, other right ways, some ineffective ways, and downright wrong ways to get through the door…
Tuesday, 12 December 2017 10:16
Written by Linda Julian
By Linda Julian By showing prospective clients the reality of working with you, it’s more likely that they’ll become real clients Here are ways you can show impressive preparedness to serve before you’re engaged.
Tuesday, 12 December 2017 10:07
Written by Linda Julian
By Linda Julian Rate increases would almost never happen if managing partners waited for everyone to say “we should increase our fees now” before raising prices. Whether to increase your fees is not the same question as when to do so. “Why not now?” is a reasonable starting point for…
By Victoria Dryden, Lawyer at Dennis King Law. It’s a rainy Monday as you sit at your desk staring out the window; work has been getting you down, the boss is hard work, you have a new co-worker who is as lazy as he is chatty and frankly after you…
By Annabel Dennett, Lawyer at Dennis King Law. The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Alesco New Zealand Limited v Commissioner of Inland Revenue will have a large effect on many New Zealand subsidiaries of Australian companies that rely on interest free loans converted to Optional Convertible Notes (“OCNs”) to…
By Aimee McGowan, Lawyer at Dennis King Law. I was recently talking with a lovely lady who is running for Council this year and I was trying valiantly to explain why I believed it was so important to have a Contracting Out (or “pre-nup”) Agreement (“CoA”) as part of a…
By Jennie Burney, Senior Lawyer at Dennis King Law. First home buyers disadvantaged; New rules mean higher deposit required; It’s a sellers market! New LVR rules slammed; LVR rules in Reserve Bank sights! Do banks fuel property bubbles by lending too much to home buyers? There have been numerous headlines lately regarding changes to New…
There has been considerable publicity recently surrounding interest rate swap agreements entered into by farmers with their bank. These swap agreements were typically sold by banks between 2007 and 2008, prior to the global financial crisis, when interest rates were high and there were fears that floating rates could rise.…
Recently, we were presented with a situation where a client had identified issues with a property he was proposing to purchase, but assured us that he was able to “get out” of the agreement and would instruct his conveyancing solicitor accordingly. On our review of the agreement, his purported “get…
Many of the New Zealand’s "leaky homes" were constructed in the late 1990s and through to the early 2000s. As a result, houses built during this period are fast approaching, or are already passed, the end of the ten year "long-stop" period for bringing a claim. It is expected that…