From 1 April 2018 Barratt-Boyes Law Practice has merged with Sellar Bone & Partners and John Barratt-Boyes is now a partner in that firm. This website will continue until the new Sellar Bone & Partners website is up and running.
- whether the loan agreements are correct
- whether the security requirements are appropriate
- whether personal guarantees are appropriate or can be limited in some way
- whether your borrowing is being structured in the most tax effective way
- completing, signing the loan documents
- registration of mortgages and other securities
- agreement negotiations
- lease of the premises
- financing the purchase
- incorporating company or setting-up partnership
- tax issues
- intellectual property
- restraints of trade
- transfer of employees
- signing the agreement
- title to the property (fee simple, leasehold, unit title, cross lease)
- rights-of-way or other easements
- Body Corporate Rules
- Land Information Memorandum
- whether there are any tax issues
- whether a Relationship Property Agreement is necessary
- the village ownership structure
- investment risks
- the costs of ownership including one-off expenses and regular expenses
- completing the purchase
- the most appropriate debt collection method (e.g. District Court or High Court)
- winding up proceedings
- summary judgments
- issuing the appropriate proceedings
- appearing at Court
- enforcing the judgment to recover payment
The Relationship Property laws now apply to all couples including same sex couples who have been in a relationship for 3 years as well as married couples and civil union couples.
It is becoming more common for couples to have a formal legally binding agreement regarding the division of their property in the event their relationship ends because the outcome without such an agreement is not always fair or appropriate.
John is regularly appointed as an executor/trustee in clients’ wills usually together with a family member or business associate of the testator as a second executor/trustee to ensure that the testator’s wishes as stated in his/her will are properly carried out.
Our services include reviewing, advising on and/or attending to:
- the provisions of the will
- obtaining probate
- obtaining letters of administration if there is no will
- realising assets and paying debts
- final tax returns
- making distributions in terms of the will
- resolving disputes between beneficiaries
Our services include reviewing, advising on and/or attending to:
- the pro’s and con’s of having a Trust
- if you are a couple, whether you should have one or two Trusts
- completing the Trust Deed
- what assets should be transferred to the Trust
- tailoring any bank mortgages to complement the Trust
- administering the “gifting programme”
- completing minutes of trustees’ resolutions
- tailoring your wills to complement the Trust
Our services include reviewing, advising on and/or attending to:
- the best business structure for your business
- drafting the partnership agreement
- advising on shareholder and directors rights and obligations
- drafting the shareholders’ agreement and/or constitution
- incorporating the company
- ratifying any pre-incorporation contracts
Our services include reviewing and advising on:
- negotiating an agreement to lease
- Land Information Memorandum (if required) for the property
- deed of lease
- assignment of an existing lease
- personal guarantees
Our services include reviewing and advising on:
- the factual and legal issues relevant to the dispute
- the strengths/weaknesses of your position
- the costs/benefit of litigation or settlement by negotiation
Our services include:
- advising on whether there has been an unjustified dismissal or unjustified disadvantage
- negotiating a settlement with your employer or employee
- representing you at a Mediation or Adjudication Hearing at the Employment Relations Authority
Our services include reviewing, advising on and/or attending to:
- your rights under the Property (Relationships) Act 1976
- negotiating a settlement
- completing a Relationship Property Agreement
- taking or defending proceedings in the Family Court
- representing you at any mediation conference, settlement conference or hearing
