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The New Zealand Law Awards 2019 finalists were announced on Monday 23 September, and Whangarei firm Henderson Reeves is proud to be in the running for the Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year award.

Sorting out your will is a task that is all too easy to put off. But things could get messy for those you leave behind if you die without a valid, up-to-date will.

An established Whangarei firm with a history dating back four decades, Henderson Reeves may be long-lived, but is anything but traditional. And now the company’s forward-thinking policies have seen it recognised in the NZ Lawyer Magazine 2019 Innovative Firms list.

Employers – stay on top of the recent changes to New Zealand employment law that affect you. In this article, we explain key changes to the Employment Relations Act, and a new bill that aims to increase workplace protection for victims of domestic violence.

Stuart Henderson explains a recent development in the law on how property will be divided upon separation that might blow you away.

What is a contracting out agreement or ‘prenup’, when do you need one, should you use a lawyer and what does it cost? Get answers to your questions about prenuptial or contracting out agreements here.

Whangarei law firm Henderson Reeves is paving the way to gender equity at senior levels of the legal profession, by providing leadership opportunities to women with families in Northland. One such woman is Whangarei’s Amanda Morgan, Senior Solicitor and mother-of-one, who the firm recently promoted to the position of Director.

On 29 March 2018, a change to the “bright-line test” for tax on capital gains from residential property came into effect. The change extends the bright-line test from two to five years. It is intended to dampen property speculation and make New Zealand homes more affordable, by making it less appealing for speculators to make ‘quick bucks’ buying and selling homes.