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Thursday, 26 January, 2012 | James Johnston
Our aim at Rainey Collins is to delight our clients and we want our service to you to reach or exceed that standard. To help us achieve that we need the very highest quality of staff and as part of attracting and retaining those staff we are pleased to advise the following recent promotions and appointments.
Jo-Ella Sarich has been appointed Associate
Jo-Ella is an Associate… Continue reading
Friday, 23 December, 2011 | James Johnston
The partners at Rainey Collins are delighted to announce the promotion of Claire Coe to Senior Solicitor from 1 January 2012.
Claire works in the Business & Personal Legal Services Team, focusing mainly on assisting clients with opportunities and challenges in Property, Trusts, Asset Protection, and Wills and Estates.
Experienced in all areas of the sale and purchase process of both residential and commercial property, Claire… Continue reading
Wednesday, 14 December, 2011 | James Johnston
Rainey Collins Chairman James Johnston has been appointed the Chair of Toi Whakaari, the NZ Drama School.
James had been a Board member since 2007 and looks forward to working closely with the newly appointed Director, Christian Penny.
Toi Whakaari is New Zealand’s largest training provider for professionals in the screen and performing arts and has been doing so for more than 40 years. It has… Continue reading
Tuesday, 8 November, 2011 | Sam Mainprize
We are proud to announce that Rainey Collins’ Legal Executive, Sarah Blaney, has been re-elected as Secretary of the Wellington branch of NZ Legal Executives. Congratulations Sarah!… Continue reading
Wednesday, 2 November, 2011 | Ronette Druskovich
The trustees of a Charitable Trust recently approached us for assistance in applying for a grant from the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board.
Trusts (including family trusts, corporate trusts and charitable trusts) are not separate legal entities, meaning the trustees enter into trust commitments and own trust property personally. Unfortunately for the Trust, the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board only provides grants over $10,000 to legal entities. This meant… Continue reading
Wednesday, 2 November, 2011 | Ronette Druskovich
The High Court recently upheld a decision of the Charities Commission not to grant Greenpeace charitable status. The main reason for denying Greenpeace status as a charity was that its purposes of promoting disarmament and peace were political in nature, and therefore, according to the Commission, not charitable.
The law currently prevents an organisation from being registered as a charity if it has political purposes. The exception to this… Continue reading
Wednesday, 2 November, 2011 | Ronette Druskovich
Unfortunately, conflicts on Boards arise all the time, but they don’t have to be a big issue – so long as you know how to deal with them. In this article we provide some guidance on how to approach conflicts on Boards.
Let’s take Sarah – she’s the Wellington Representative of a national organisation set up to assist small business owners around New Zealand. Sarah runs a small business… Continue reading
Friday, 28 October, 2011 | Alan Knowsley
Rainey Collins Partner Alan Knowsley was a contributing expert to the recently released Rule of Law Index report on World Justice. The report looks at issues such as access to civil justice, absence of corruption, fundamental rights and government powers. New Zealand stands out as the best performer in the East Asia and Pacific. We rank first in the world in absence of corruption and in the top… Continue reading
Friday, 14 October, 2011 | Eve Rongo
The team at Rainey Collins Lawyers thoroughly enjoyed our ‘pink for a day’ theme to raise awareness of breast cancer. The entire office participated in the cause by either dressing in pink, preparing morning tea (including pink home made scones), making a donation and more importantly becoming more aware of breast cancer. Organiser and lawyer Eve Rongo was delighted at the enthusiasm of the staff and has been… Continue reading
Wednesday, 12 October, 2011 | Alan Knowsley
If you are unhappy with the service you receive from a company, make sure you use the appropriate complaint mechanism. If you use the wrong process to express your dissatisfaction, it could end up costing you time and money.
Recently a man was unhappy with the advice his accountant provided him on his GST return. Thinking it was the best way to raise his grievance, he issued a statutory… Continue reading
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