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Enduring Powers of Attorney - Personal Care and Welfare

A lot of people are familiar with the concept of a Power of Attorney for property - granting another person the ability to make decisions for you, or to sign documents on your behalf in relation to assets or other obligations such as your house, cancellation of insurance contracts etc. What most people are not so familiar with is the Power of Attorney in relation to your personal care and welfare.

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Your Rights In Eating Out

There is no legal requirement for a restaurant to accept bookings. However, if you do make a booking you have created a legally binding contract which means that if you fail to turn up you could be charged if the restaurant can show that by doing so you caused it to lose business.

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Retirement Villages

The Retirement Villages Act 2003 has introduced some important changes to the way that retirement villages in New Zealand are run. Retirement village owners as well as both current and prospective residents should become familiar with these changes, some of which are outlined below:

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Unit Titles Act Update

What is a Unit Title?
Thousands of people in New Zealand now live in medium and high density Unit Title developments and this trend is set to increase in the future. Unit Title ownership means that you have ownership of your defined dwelling (“unit”), and that you also have joint ownership in common with other unit owners of your shared areas (known as “common property”) such as driveways, swimming pools, courtyards and lifts etc. Multi storey buildings, apartment complexes and townhouse developments (including pensioner flats) are common examples.

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