Dealing with higher interest rates and the increasing costs of living can make obtaining your ‘first home plates’ challenging. However, there are some steps you can take to make your journey towards homeownership a bit smoother. Read on ...
Exciting announcement for BCH Law! Our Associate, Jude Spicer, is stepping up as a Director at the firm joining Nikki Burley, Tom Castle and Holly Hawkins.
Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd was one of our largest construction companies. The fallout was spectacular and widely felt when it went into receivership and liquidation in 2013. Unsecured creditors were left being owed approximately $110 million.
When someone has died, it is helpful for their solicitor to be contacted. The solicitor can check the person’s last Will, to see if it included a preference for burial or cremation, or other funeral instructions.
A business is something you invest your time, energy, money, and sometimes dreams into. Whether you’re starting from the ground up, or investing in a long-established business, we can add value for you. Most likely you’ll be entering a world of contracts with landlords, employees, suppliers, and customers. We can walk that journey with you, to provide sound legal advice.
Where there's a Will, there's a way! We've partnered with The Acorn Foundation and Waipuna Hospice this September for Wills month. We're offering free simple Wills and updates to existing Wills. Get in touch with one of our friendly team to find out more: enquiries@bchlaw.co.nz or call 07 928 9000.
You may have heard the word ‘caveat’ batted around while waiting in line for your coffee in downtown Tauranga or in the latest legal drama on Netflix but what actually is a caveat?
When drafting Wills, it is common for a couple to leave their entire estate to each other and to provide that after the death of both of them, their estate will pass to their children in equal shares. But what happens if you have children from a prior relationship?
People of Papamoa! Did you know we've got a BCH Law office just a hop, skip and jump down the road in Te Puke?!
Everybody knows it is important to have a will in place, but it is also very important to appoint someone to act on your behalf if you lose mental capacity. Life is uncertain, and an accident or serious illness could impact your life at any time, so having Enduring Powers of Attorney or “EPOAs” is a significant part of your estate planning.
We’ve puffed our way up the Mount 38 times in 50 days which is the equivalent to climbing Mount Everest all while raising much needed funds for local charity - Live for More.