Bush Forbes is a well established and successful full service law firm located in Tauranga, New Zealand.
We pride ourselves on providing personal, experienced legal advice and professional services for yourself, your property or your business.
Bush Forbes started in practice over 30 years ago. We have a wealth of experience. Our primary areas of practice are commercial and property conveyancing, and all aspects of family law, including relationship property and care of children cases.
We provide practical advice and legal support for all your personal and business needs, whether large and small.
We are well versed in all aspects of commercial and business law. We work in conjunction with your business to provide legal support and advice.
We can help you organise your personal affairs, including trust establishment and administration, wills and estate administration, asset management and succession planning.
Call us on 07 577 6039 for a no obligation chat to see what we can do for you.
Founded in 1992
50 people in their team
Bush Forbes can provide you with practical and sensible advice about your family and your family property including the care of your children, your personal relationships, your family property, estate planning and entering into or exiting any relationship.
We all face exciting, challenging, rewarding, happy and sad times in our lives, especially when your loved ones are involved. From beginning a relationship, to starting a family, to creating an asset base, to ending a relationship or planning your estate, the specialist family team at Bush Forbes can help you at every step in a caring and supportive environment.
Care of Children
- Adoption orders
- Parenting Agreements
- Child support arrangements
- Domestic Violence
- Family Court Counselling
- Guardianship matters
- Children Young Persons and their Families (CYF)
Relationship Property
- Contracting Out Agreements
- Separation and Property Relationship Agreements
- Application for division of Relationship Property
- Spousal Maintenance
- Dissolution
Family Trusts
- Formation and Administration of Family trusts
- Formation and use of a charitable trust
- Asset protection advice
- Gifting programmes / forgiveness of debt
- The use of trusts and the Property (Relationships) Act 1976
Estate Planning
- Elderly care and welfare
- Estate Planning
- Rest home and retirement village contracts
- Preparing wills
- Preparation of powers of attorney and enduring powers of attorney
- Family protection and testamentary promises claims
Dispute Resolution
- Round table meetings
- Mediation
Bush Forbes can provide you with property and conveyancing advice including buying & selling house, land or businesses, subdividing, leasing, and any other property matters.
No matter what stage of life you are at and whether it is your first home, an investment or retirement property, the team at Bush Forbes can assist you on your journey giving practical easy to follow legal advice through to completion.
Residential & Commercial Properties
- Sale and purchase agreements
- Mortgage financing
- Building contracts
- Residential tenancies
- Property sharing agreements
- Cross-leases
- Subdivisions
- Unit titles
- Managed apartments
- Appointment of property managers
Rural Properties
- Farm and orchard sales/purchases
- Partnerships
- Lease negotiations and documentation
- Rent reviews
- Dispute resolution
Matrimonial & de facto property
- Asset protection advice
- Family trusts
- Contracting Out Agreements
- Property Relationship agreements
Retirement/Rest Homes
- Advising residents
- Licences to occupy
- Prospectuses
- Securities Act issue
General
- Tax advice
- Personal guarantees
- Insurance
- Disputes (mediation, arbitration)
Bush Forbes can provide you with sound legal advice regarding your business venture. We can give you advice on how to structure your business to ensure it is effective and will achieve the outcomes you are seeking.
For those who wish to start up and create their own business structure it can some times be a very daunting task. The team at Bush Forbes can help you find the purpose for your business and what you want to achieve and ultimately therefore ensure the business structure you have created will get the results you want.
Company and Business Issues
- Formation and incorporation of a Company
- General matters surrounding establishment and strategy
- Company Structures
- Partnership or Sole Trader
- Dispute Resolutions
- Compliance matters
Contracts
- Establishing a business
- Buying and selling a business
- Leasing or franchise of a business
- Terms of trade
- Employment issues, employee or independent contractor
- Shareholder or Partnership agreements
Bush Forbes can provide you with advice regarding your rights and responsibilities as both and employer or employee. We can give you advice on entering into an employment arrangement, managing and existing arrangement, terminating and arrangement or handling a dispute after an arrangement has ended.
Everyone is involved in an employment relationship at some time in their lives. It is a bit like death and taxes, it will inevitably be a part of your life. Therefore it is important that you know your rights and responsibilities so that you can get the most of any employment relationship you are involved in.
The obligations of employers and employees
- Accident Compensation
- Employment Relations Act
- Health & Safety in Employment Act
- Holidays Act
- Human Rights and disabilities
- Privacy Act
Employment Contracts
- Taking instructions to determine the nature of the employment
- Negotiation and drafting of employment contracts
- The procedure to hire, manage, discipline and dismiss and employee
- Restraint of trade and confidentiality provisions
- Employment considerations when selling or purchasing a business
Resolving problems
- Disciplinary and dismissal procedures
- Redundancy & severance
- Avoidance and resolution of personal grievances and disputes
- Sexual harassment in employment
- Recovery of wages
- Mediation
- Representation in the Employment Relations Authority and/or the Employment Court
Independent Contractor arrangements
- Advice on when independent contractor relationship appropriate
- Drafting contracts between principal and independent contractor
- Assisting in resolution of disputes between principals and contractor
- Representation in litigation, arbitration, and at mediation
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