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Residential Tenancies: Law and Practice, 4th edition

Residential Tenancies: Law and Practice, 4th edition

Author: David Grinlinton
Publisher: LexisNexis New Zealand
ISBN: 9781877511004
Published In: August 2012
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: New Zealand ? Disclaimer:
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Residential Tenancies, 4th edition is an authoritative work providing up-to-date, clear and practical guidance on the law relating to residential tenancies in New Zealand.

Chapter 1: Tenancy Protection Legislation in New Zealand

Chapter 2: The application of the Act

Covers the application of the Residential Tenancies Act in some detail, including the tenancies that are caught by the Act and those that are excluded, the interrelationship with other legislation, and the commercial aspects of some residential tenancies.

Chapter 3: Creating a tenancy agreement

Deals with issues of contract and negotiation, capacity to enter into tenancy agreements, issues of discrimination, the types of tenancy agreements that may be entered into, the formalities that must be complied with, and prohibited transactions.

Chapter 4: Bonds and rents

Deals with financial matters such as bonds, rent and other payments.

Chapter 5: Rights and obligations of landlords and tenants

Discusses the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants, including the mechanisms for enforcement of those rights and obligations.

Chapter 6: Terminating a tenancy

Covers the rules that apply to termination.

Chapter 7: Boarding-house tenancies

Describes the new regime for Boarding-house tenancies introduced in 2010 as Part 2A of the Act

Chapter 8: Administration: The tribunal and mediation

Sets out the administrative structure set up under the Act, including the Tenancy Tribunal and provision for mediation.

David Grinlinton

Associate Professor
BA Massey, LLB(Hons), LLM Western Aust
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand

David Grinlinton has been at the Faculty of Law of the University of Auckland since1990, having previously spent time in legal practice.
David’s teaching and research interests include real property law, commercial leases, energy and natural resources law. He has published
widely in these areas, and is a regular presenter at both local and international conferences and symposia.

He contributed to the consultation process for the substantial reforms of the Residential Tenancies Act in 2010, and to the current Law Commission proposals for a new Land Transfer Act. David was a co-presenter of the New Zealand Law Society Seminars on Commercial Leases in 2000, 2003 and 2008, and The Workings of the Property Law Act in 2012.