Short guides for lawyers at small New Zealand firms
Each one answers a question in its first paragraph, then shows the intake side of the matter: the dates to record, the documents to collect, the file to build. Written by the team behind Sidqo for Lawyers.
- Employment
How to calculate the 90-day personal grievance deadline
The 90 days run from the day the action happened or came to the client's notice, with that day as day one. How to find the last day, and the 12-month rule.
6 min read - Practice
Client intake for a small New Zealand law firm: what to settle before the first meeting
Five things to settle before a new client's first meeting: identity and CDD, conflicts, the dates, the documents and what they want. Checklists by matter type.
7 min read - Practice
The Law Society's generative AI guidance, read for a small firm
What the Law Society's generative AI guidance asks of a lawyer: responsibility, confidentiality, provider terms, supervision, fees and the court.
8 min read - Practice
Taking instructions when the client's English is limited
Interpreters, translated documents and the Conduct and Client Care Rules when a client prefers another language. What to arrange before the first meeting.
6 min read - Immigration
Answering a PPI letter from Immigration New Zealand: building the response file
A PPI letter has a response date and one concern. How to read it, what evidence answers it, when to ask for an extension and how to request the client's file.
7 min read - Tenancy
Bond disputes at the Tenancy Tribunal: the documents to gather
How a bond refund becomes a Tenancy Tribunal claim, what the Tribunal can hear, and the documents that decide it: inspection reports, photos and the ledger.
6 min read - Family
Relationship property: the first meeting document list
The dates and documents a relationship property matter turns on: the three-year threshold, the home, KiwiSaver, debts and any section 21 agreement.
6 min read - Estates
Probate in New Zealand: what the executor brings to the first meeting
When a grant of probate is needed now the threshold is $40,000, and what the executor should bring: the original will, the death certificate and the asset list.
5 min read
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