Innovative Legal Solutions

Chris Hankins


Qualifications

LLB

Contact Details

331 Rosedale Road, North Harbour
PO Box 302 558
North Harbour
Auckland
New Zealand

Phone: +64 9 9154380
Fax: +64 9 915 4389

Email:  christopher.hankins@davenportsharbour.co.nz

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Chris is a Commercial Law Specialist

Chris brings to Davenports Harbour a wealth of 38 years continuous legal experience including 34 years as principal and 23 years as a sole suburban practitioner. 

 

Chris concentrates primarily on commercial and property work but brings to his expertise in that area the balanced perspective gained from a long history of having acted for many years over a wide variety of most fields of legal practice and for clients from across the entire spectrum of economic backgrounds.

 

Chris says that it was a huge privilege to join the highly skilled team that is Davenports Harbour where clients enjoy the benefits of the innovative, friendly and effective culture of the firm. 

Areas of Expertise

Commercial

Property

Recent Work

Major commercial property acquisitions and preparatory due diligence investigations

Commercial subdivision and rearrangement

Business structuring and restructuring advice

Negotiation of complex inter parties property entitlements


News & Events
"Super Ministry" 09/05/2012
John Key has announced that Cabinet has agreed in principle to the merging of the Ministry of Economic Development, the Department of Labour, the... read more more
Proposed Changes to Consumer Credit Law 09/05/2012
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has released an exposure draft of a bill to amend the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003.  The... read more more
Law change to criminalise breaches of director’s duties! 29/02/2012
Following the recent (and highly publicised) finance company collapses, it has become apparent to many that the law presently lacks appropriate... read more more
Unit title owners – ensure that the Body Corporate holds an Annual General Meeting and attend it! 14/02/2012
The Property Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society has advised that it has come to their attention that some unit title Bodies Corporate are... read more more
Fire in premises. Landlord gave the wrong notice and was done for conversion of the tenant’s goods 19/09/2011
In the case of Birdwood Custodians v New Lynn Compliance Centre, a fire at the leased premises led to the landlord giving a notice... read more more
Request for Facebook Login Information - Employers Going to Far?
REQUEST FOR FACEBOOK LOGIN INFORMATION – EMPLOYERS GOING TO FAR? You may have been astonished to read in the news recently that employers in the... read more more
Charities and the liability of Trustees
A charitable trust begins like any other trust with the trustees liable in their own names as there is no identity different from themselves. To... read more more
PPSR – You need to use it!
It is now over a decade since the Personal Properties Security Register (“PPSR”) came into existence.  Despite it now being a... read more more
Is it worth spending all that money on a LIM?
It sure is!  In the Sunset Terraces Case*1 the Supreme Court suggested that a purchaser is “likely” to be found to have been negligent... read more more
Limiting Trustee Liability
  Trusts are not separate legal entities in their own right.  When trustees enter into contracts they are personally liable for all of... read more more