The Commercial Property Group's newsletter looks at commercial property issues in New Zealand, and occasionally includes articles relating to personal property. The Commercial Property Group also provides a weekly Q&A column in The New Zealand Herald entitled 'Prime Assets'.
E-Dealing and Changes to the Conveyancing Process This newsletter explains some significant changes the Government is phasing in that affect the process for creation and registration of documents with land interests (Conveyancing Documents).
A new system allowing electronic preparation and registration of Conveyancing Documents such as discharges of mortgage, transfers and mortgages has been put in place. The new system is called "e-dealing" and is carried out in the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) web-based Landonline system. The system is starting with the discharges and partial discharges of mortgage and other charges, transfers, and mortgages. More documents will be added to the list of compulsory e-dealing documentation in 2008. > Read More> View PDF
Property Law Bill: Changes for property transactions, especially leases Dec 2006 The current Property Law Act, a piece of legislation critical to most property issues, has been in force since 1952. In 1994, the Law Commission produced a report suggesting that the rules of property law should be revised to make them more readily understood and updated, taking into account various changes since 1952. > View PDF
Keep your Asset Registers Nov 2003 The cornerstone of the New Zealand Land Registration System has always been that for every property in the country, Land Information New Zealand has defined and recorded ownership and all interests on a hardcopy "title" (effectively your property ownership papers). Each title was capable of inspection and possession of the hardcopy title was a fundamental requirement to effect any sale or mortgage of land. > View PDF
