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Legal Publications & Articles
2022
Fencing, Trespassing Stock and Wandering Stock
Employing migrant workers has changed
2021
Water Services Act 2021
2020
New Trust Law to Guarantee Transparency in your Trust
Say “Goodbye” to the Nitrogen Reference Point
COVID-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme
Show Us Your Money
BlackmanSpargo will continue to provide legal services
MyMilk is coming to the North Island
2019
Lessons Learnt in Estate and Succession Planning
September is Wills month
Keeping Farming in the Family – a retrospective by Ian Blackman (published in the Dairy Exporter)
2018
Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis)
Important Client Update – Anti Money Laundering
Dairy Farm Transactions and Fonterra
Unjustified dismissal
2017
Regional/Suburban Law Firm of the Year
NZ Law Awards Finalists
Sponsors of NZ Dairy Industry Awards 2017
2016
2016 BlackmanSpargo Sports Scholarship Winners Announced
Waikato Regional Council and Healthy Rivers
NZ Law Awards Winner!
Review of Property (Relationships) Act 1976
Guest Blog by Brad Markham & Matthew Herbert – 2016 Auckland/Hauraki Share Farmers of the Year
The Exponential Age
Succession Planning – Trust or Company
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Trusts and Legal Structures by Chris Spargo
Legal Documents and the Danger of the Internet
Rural Fires and Insurance
Planning ahead reaffirms farming future
Congratulations to Robin Murphy
Investing in Land
Income Equalisation Scheme – Inland Revenue tax relief for farmers
The employer’s obligation for safety in the workplace
Changes to Employment Standards
Farm Succession – The elephant in the room
2015
A Hollow Victory for Employers
Health and Safety Culture in the Primary Industry
Fonterra Interest-Free Loans and Fringe Benefit Tax
Employment Disciplinary Procedures
Rotorua Lakes Council offer special rates payment to assist dairy farmers
Farmers advised on succession planning
Farm Succession Best Done in Company
Redundancy
We can help you with farm succession
Meth-tainted homes
Risk Management
Housing and Property Update
BlackmanSpargo welcomes two new Directors
2014
Swedes suspect in cow deaths
Chris has been appointed to the Geyser Community Foundation Board of Trustees
Alterations and Additions to your Cross-Lease Property
Listing your Property for Sale?
Averaging of Pay in the Rural Sector – Timesheets are Essential
Guarantees
Thinking of building a new home on your farm?
LawTalk Article dated 23 May 2014 on Sandy Van Den Heuvel
New Contract Milking Agreement
Ian Blackman’s book – Keeping Farming in the Family
Independent trustees deemed to have the same intention of the other trustees, even if that intention
Protecting Your Deposit
2013
Beef and Lamb Seminar
The Employer’s Obligation for Safety in the Workplace
90-Day Trial Periods
Keeping Farming in the Family – A guide to succession planning
2012
The Trust Service – Comprehensive Planning
Trust Administration and Management
Ian Blackman on Farm Succession Planning on Radio New Zealand
Trust Service
2010
Trust Administration Best Practice
New Book on Succession Planning
Emissions Trading Scheme and Trees
Two new lawyers in the rural sector
Fonterra Capital Restructure
Succession Planning for Dairy Farmers
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