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The Trust Team provides high level specialist advice on all aspects of trusts and estate planning including asset protection, trust administration and review, tax planning, international trust/tax haven structuring, wills and powers of attorney and relationship property arrangements and agreements.

Bronwen Newcombe


Qualifications

LLB, BA

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:  bronwen.newcombe@davenportsharbour.co.nz  

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Bronwen is a Trust Law Specialist

Bronwen has had experience working in one of New Zealand's largest law firms, as well as being employed quasi-legal roles in small and large New Zealand and international organisations.

Joining Davenports Harbour in 2010, Bronwen works in the areas of trusts, asset structuring, advising residents on retirement village agreements and drafting employment agreements and providing employment advice to employers and employees.

Areas of Expertise

Trusts

Relationship property issues

Asset structuring

Wills

Retirement villages

Employment

Recent Work

Reviewing existing trust structures

Resettling trusts on or more modern terms to better benefit beneficiaries

Advising potential retirement village residents on entering into an occupation right agreement for retirement villages, transferring between units and exiting retirement villages

Drafting employment agreements (including for senior executives and employees) and independent contractor agreements

Advising employee and employers on employment law issues


News & Events
Gift Duty Update 09/11/2011
Gift Duty was abolished on 1 October this year, as promised by the government. What this means for those with family trusts is that they can now... read more more
Family trust rules changing as gift duty ends 03/10/2011
Click here to read a recent article that was published in the New Zealand Herald on Saturday, 1 October 2011 featuring Tammy McLeod read more more
Lotto Winnings - Relationship Property 19/09/2011
Click here to read an interesting article from the New Zealand Herald regarding relationship property, trusts, and winning lotto! read more more
Trust Experts Predict Chaos if Proposal Goes Ahead 04/08/2011
  Click here to see a recent article that was published in the Sunday Star Times on Sunday, 31 July 2011 featuring Tammy McLeod. read more more
Fix My Trust Update 02/08/2011
“Fix My Trust” is a new initiative by Davenports Harbour , aimed at providing people with quick, practical solutions to fixing up... read more more
Trusts: To Gift or Not to Gift?
Trusts:  To Gift or Not to Gift? Click here to read a recent article written by Tammy McLeod published in the Business to Business newspaper 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.... read more more
The importance of an independent trustee
Recent case law and also findings of the law commission’s review of trusts has highlighted that the importance of having an independent... 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
Put Your Trust In Tammy
Click here to read Tammy McLeod's most recent article titled "" published in The Business Channel Magazine, September 2011 issue. read more more