1/
Does Kiwibank have a requirement or an opinion regarding
whether or not we can change lawyers?
"
I don't believe they should have any say on who we choose
to use as a lawyer. I think they will understand us
changing if we decide to given the circumstances. They
just need to have a qualified lawyer to sign off routine
paperwork."
2/
What costs would be incurred if we move a trust account?
There should be no costs associated with moving the
Trust account, according to Law Society rules - same as
documentation - see below.
3/
Who currently holds our legal documentation?
Kiwibank holds all the financial documentation originals,
with other documents at McMillan, UCOL holds original of
company documents. An Authority to UpLift would be the
process to move the documents to another firm and there
should be no charges for a client to collect the client's
documents on request according to Law Society rules.
4/
What back-up administrative support will be made
available if 'our' lawyer is incapacitated at some
point?
If
we do find that we need to have an extraordinary meeting,
we would also ask the small group to circulate before the
meeting a list of the pros and cons as they identified
them, for everyone to consider. Others may have other
questions they also want addressed.
It
would be useful to meet on 6 June in light of the
induction workshop on Saturday 8 June, Currently there are
6 interested parties planning to attend, 3 in Dunedin and
3 traveling from Auckland or New Plymouth, 3 interested in
the 2/3 bedroom unit and 3 in the 1 bedroom unit. I have
been telling people that the workshop is 2-4pm, with a
meal to follow at 5pm.
Please
would you let us know how you respond to our
suggestion, and whether or not you would be able to
come to a regular meeting on Thursday 6 June, next
week.
Thanks,
Anne