Yvonne O'Hagan, Author at Wakefields Lawyers
March 15, 2024

WILLS AND BLENDED FAMILIES

  Blended families are those that consist of a couple, sometimes children you have together, and typically children from previous relationships. Due to the competing interests, […]
February 28, 2024

90 DAY TRIALS – GETTING IT RIGHT

  Taking on new employees can be risky and ensuring that you have the right person for the job can’t always be determined through the interview […]
December 21, 2023

BUYING OFF PLAN – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

1. Buying off plan Buying “off plan” can have some significant advantages over buying an existing house. However, there are also a few things that buyers […]
June 28, 2023

THIS BLOG WAS NOT WRITTEN WITH THE AID OF CHATGPT

It would be remiss of Wakefields not to jump on the band wagon of discussing artificial intelligence – or ‘AI’ in its abbreviated form. From self-driving […]
May 11, 2023

AVOCADO ON TOAST MAY BE BACK ON THE MENU… (CCCFA LENDING CHANGES MAY 2023)

  You may be familiar with the news headlines that emerged following government changes to New Zealand’s Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCFA) at the […]
October 22, 2021

Kāinga Ora Shared Ownership Scheme

Many new home buyers in New Zealand are finding it impossible to get on to the property ladder. With house prices rocketing, for many it seems […]
August 27, 2021

COVID-19 – Commercial Leases

With the country being plunged into a level 4 lockdown again, most landlords and tenants will recall the uncertainty that followed when the country was put […]
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