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September 29, 2021 [Legal](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/legal) [Commercial Property](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/commercial-property) [Business - SME/Corporate](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/business-sme-corporate) [Business Strategy](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/business-strategy) [covid-19](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/covid-19) <https://blog.k3.co.nz/the-path-to-hell-is-paved-with-good-intentions-a-light-bulb-moment>

## [The path to hell is paved...](https://blog.k3.co.nz/the-path-to-hell-is-paved-with-good-intentions-a-light-bulb-moment)

On 28 September 2021, the government proposed changes to the Property Law Act 2007 pursuan...

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September 22, 2021 [Legal](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/legal) [Business - SME/Corporate](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/business-sme-corporate) [Employment](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/employment) [Employment Agreements](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/employment-agreements) [Small Business](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/small-business) [covid-19](https://blog.k3.co.nz/topic/covid-19) <https://blog.k3.co.nz/damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont>

## [Damned if you do, damned ...](https://blog.k3.co.nz/damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont)

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## [Coronavirus warning for e...](https://blog.k3.co.nz/coronavirus-warning-for-employers-over-redundancies)

Employers should not use the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse to "get rid of dead wood", ...

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## [Leases: Fairness cuts bot...](https://blog.k3.co.nz/leases-fairness-cuts-both-ways)

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## [Buying Property off the P...](https://blog.k3.co.nz/buying-property-off-the-plan)

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## [THE PRESUMPTION OF GIFTS](https://blog.k3.co.nz/the-presumption-of-gifts)

We act for a number of couples going through separation and time and time again we see tha...

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## [BUYING a Property OFF THE...](https://blog.k3.co.nz/buying-off-the-plan-0)

Buying off-the-plan means that you are buying a property that has not yet been built. In f...

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