Kiwilaw* - 'yield to principle, not to pressure'
Probate, wills, estate administration, reseal grants, transmission to executors
by Cheryl on
It’s a crisis! There are not enough judges! Judge time is having to be moved from District Court criminal cases to Family Court cases! Family Court registry staff are overloaded!
All of this is true. [Read more…] about Family Court crisis creates more incentive to use FDR and mediation – to ‘make peace, not war’
by Cheryl on
Dad is in prison. Mum wants a parenting order for day-to-day care of the children.
Before she can apply to the Family Court, Mum is required to attend a parenting-information programme (‘Parenting Through Separation’).
She is also required to use Family Dispute Resolution (FDR), to try to reach agreement with Dad without Family Court proceedings. [Read more…] about Parents in prison can still use FDR (Family Dispute Resolution)
by Cheryl on
Registrar John Earles runs the Probate Unit of the High Court. He is not keen on people taking a DIY approach to probate applications. It’s too easy for them to get things wrong, and they expect advice from his staff which his staff are not allowed to provide.
[Read more…] about Probate – do it yourself? or do you use the solicitor who holds the will?
by Cheryl on
‘Difficult’ clients sometimes find themselves without a lawyer after they reject the lawyer’s advice or are impolite to the lawyer, or if they want to progress proceedings in a way that the lawyer disagrees with.
In New Zealand (unlike several overseas jurisdictions), lawyers are not allowed to cease acting for a client for that reason. [Read more…] about Your lawyer can’t ‘sack’ you without your consent
