Property

Geoff’s speciality is rural law and he has built up an extensive knowledge in the areas of farm conveyancing, company and trust structures for farm ownership and estate planning for farmers.

Geoff also has considerable experience in all residential and commercial conveyancing areas and the formation and administration of family trusts.

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Geoff is the Chairman of the Inglewood Development Trust, an honorary solicitor to Taranaki Golf Association and solicitor to many local sporting organisations and schools.

Geoff is a keen golfer and enjoys fishing, tennis, rugby and cricket.

Alice has a broad range of property and commercial law experience. She has worked with all manner of clients from a national infrastructure company, oil and gas corporates, property developers and farmers through to local entrepreneurs and business owners and residential home buyers and sellers. She has developed particular expertise in property rights and interests, including land access agreements, easement agreements, commercial leases, subdivisions, and residential and commercial sales and purchases. In acting for you, Alice focuses on getting to know you and your business. She strongly believes that developing a good working relationship with her clients is first and foremost.

Alice's experience includes:

• Acting for a variety of home buyers and sellers.
• Assisting commercial clients with leasing, commercial property sale and purchases, shareholder and partnership agreements
• Assisting farming clients with buying and selling farms, rural leases and succession planning
• Providing legal support and advice to oil and gas companies in New Zealand and Australia.

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Alice enjoys spending her spare time with her husband, her two young children, Charlotte and William, and her friends. She appreciates good food and keeps fit by running and playing hockey. Alice is a board member of the Taranaki Hockey Federation.

Rod specialises in rural and residential conveyancing, trusts, commercial work, and estates. He is genuinely passionate about the practice of law and is relishing the opportunity to continue to represent the interests of his current and future clients, as a consultant with GQ.

Rod undertakes legal work for many community, school and charitable organisations in the central Taranaki area on an honorary solicitor basis.

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Rod was born and bred in Stratford, and lives there with his wife Maree. Rod has four adult children and is a very proud grandfather. When he is not spending time with his family, Rod likes to head out for some hunting and fishing - both saltwater and fresh.

Kate has a broad range of commercial and property law experience. She has expertise in commercial and property transactions, undertaking due diligence, commercial leasing, public law, banking and finance, and rural law.

Kate strongly believes that a high standard of work and service, strong working relationships, and excellent communication skills, are key to providing effective legal advice.

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Kate enjoys spending her spare time with her husband, their three children, and her family and friends. She enjoys tennis, running, skiing, mountain biking, cooking, and travel.

Kate is a trustee on the Central School Te Kura Waenga o Ngamotu Board of Trustees.

In the area of Property Law, Priyaanka has experience in contractual review, conveyancing, leasing, residential build contracts, and property refinancing, and can provide general advice in all areas of Property Law. Priyaanka is developing an understanding of covenants, easements and other associated property documentation relevant for the protection of client’s rights and obligations.

In the Commercial Law area, Priyaanka has experience in reviewing contractual terms of commercial agreements and leases, and has worked on a variety of small to medium business sales and purchases. Her areas of work in this area include contractual review, business sales and purchases, commercial property sales and purchases, commercial refinancing and commercial leasing.

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Priyaanka dedicates a lot of her spare time to fitness and keeping active. She enjoys getting out to local eateries and events involving food, art and music. Priyaanka also enjoys exploring the beautiful outdoors of Taranaki and getting away on weekends for adventures further afield.

Jack works on a variety of property matters, with experience in conveyancing, leases, and refinancing, and can provide general advice on all other property matters.

Much of Jack’s work has a rural focus, and he can also provide advice on trusts and succession planning.

Jack has a background in family law, with experience in all general family law matters, including contracting out agreements and separation agreements.

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Originally from Northland, Jack enjoys surfing, and enjoys exploring the local Taranaki surf breaks. Jack is also a keen rugby player, albeit in a very social capacity, and can be found on the rugby field during winter months.

Jack also volunteers at the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Hailing from Southland, Kozett grew up in a multi-generational farming family. Growing up on the family farm meant getting involved in all manners of tasks including lambing beats, dipping, drenching, shearing and feeding out.

Kozett's various careers have led to her living in Southland, South Australia, Canterbury, Auckland and the Waikato. Whilst living in Cambridge, Kozett served on the committee of Waikato Hunt Inc for ten years and as a trustee of Cambridge Early Learning Centre “The Castle” for two years before embarking on an educational journey. That journey commenced with a Legal Executive Diploma, followed by a Bachelor of Laws with a minor in Human Resources. Kozett has a particular interest in rural law, and has studied environmental law, water law and climate change law.

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Kozett lived in Cambridge for 21 years, raising four children (three step children) with her husband Richard. New to Taranaki, Kozett is excited about enjoying what the region offers in recreational activities and meeting lots of wonderful new people.

Equestrian pursuits have been part of Kozett's life for many years, competing in eventing, show jumping and dressage with hunting in the winter months. Kozett's horses have also made the move to Taranaki with her.

When she isn't with her horses, Kozett's list of recreational interests includes mountain biking, skiing, hiking, fly fishing and off-road adventures. Kozett enjoys the diverse way that these interests provide a way to enjoy and explore our incredible country.

As a dairy farmer herself, Margaret has experience in hands-on dairying as well as legal issues concerning farmers.

Margaret has also dealt and continues to deal with farmers negotiating with oil companies, buying and selling dairy farms, residential property matters, wills, trusts, commercial business sales and trusts. Margaret has a good relationship with many outside organisations. Her range of skills also extends to editorship of a Govett Quilliam specialist newsletter, that is sent to our rural clients.

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Margaret has five children and is actively involved in the PTA at Sacred Heart Girls' College New Plymouth. Margaret is also involved with dancing Taranaki, having two daughters doing ballet and jazz, as well as being actively involved in the St Josephs Church community in New Plymouth.

Margaret enjoys ballet, farming and spending time with her family.

Karen has extensive knowledge regarding conveyancing, refinancing and generally assisting private clients regarding their on-going needs.

Karen has a large loyal client base and many of her clients are generational with the children of her original clients now seeking her legal expertise.

Karen has been involved with trusts, asset protection, Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney. Buying and selling of farm properties is also an area that Karen enjoys.

Over the years Karen has been involved with subdivisions and works closely with clients to achieve their goals within the timeframes required.

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Karen has two sons who have semi flown the nest (maybe not so financially) so she has more time to spend on her own pursuits. She enjoys visiting the wonderful places Taranaki has to offer and one of the highlights of each year is visiting the various gardens in the Garden Spectacular.

Suzanne specialises in conveyancing and commercial work, and in particular the area of residential conveyancing and refinancing matters.

Suzanne's experience includes:

• Residential sale and purchases;
• Rural sale and purchases;
• Refinancing;
• Change of trustees;
• Small subdivisions.

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Suzanne enjoys spending time with family, travelling, learning the guitar and keeping fit.

Beth specialises in residential conveyancing, refinancing, subdivisions, enduring powers of attorney, and wills. She particularly enjoys assisting first home buyers.

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Beth loves spending time with her family and friends, and getting outdoors to find new places to explore. She also enjoys a wide range of sports, and plays social netball and basketball.

Sandy works as a legal executive in the Inglewood office and undertakes a large portion of the conveyancing generated through that office.  She is also responsible for and extremely competent in all aspects of sub-divisional work including drafting of easements and land covenants and is experienced with all matters relating to e-dealing and working with Land Information New Zealand to achieve outcomes beneficial to her clients.

She also has a keen interest in elder law and is responsible for estate administration at the Inglewood office.  

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Sandy enjoys her grandchildren, the outdoors, travel and dancing (all genres but mainly ceroc and ballroom).  

As well as her extensive legal experience, Nola has a strong background in banking, having worked for the ANZ for 14 years in a variety of roles from teller to management.

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Nola has a keen interest in animals, having gained a Vet Nursing Certificate and Large Animal Technician. This comes in handy as she has a large huntaway dog named Boss and four cats! Nola also enjoys pilates, reading, walking, movies and solving a good jigsaw.

In 2012 she gained her Legal Executive Diploma which was a great achievement studying while bringing up two children..

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Now that her children are older and independent she enjoys "me time" in her gardens, walking, travelling and spending time with her family and friends.

She has also joined Canine Friends and now takes her dog Storm for weekly visits to Marinoto Rest Home in Inglewood where he gets heaps of pats and cuddles with the residents.

Julie works primarily as a Legal Support to our property and rural teams which keeps her busy and engaged.

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For many years Julie was very involved in the sport of marching with many Taranaki and National titles being achieved by the teams she coached. Since retiring from the sport she now has more time for travel, reading, watching sport and has recently taken up knitting.

Stacey has worked in the industry for just under 20 years and qualified as a Legal Executive in 2005. She now provides legal support to the property team.

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Stacey is married with a step son and a young daughter. Her and her husband own an automotive workshop in Vogeltown and in their spare time they enjoy eating out at the local cafes/restaurants, getting outdoors and spending time with family and friends.

Nicole has worked in the Real Estate industry for over 10 years, being both a sales consultant and branch administrator. She has a high level of interest in real estate and still follows the market. Nicole looks forward to being hands on with the other side of property transactions and dealings.

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Nicole is married, has two sons and lives in Inglewood. In her spare time she enjoys doing manicures, reading, catching up with friends and heading away on road trips.

Maureen has a strong legal background. As well as her recent work with Rod Gordon, Maureen worked for two years at Till Henderson King Lawyers, and before that, spent over 17 years working at Billings Solicitors (now Connect Legal). Aside from her legal experience, Maureen has had a varied career, including roles at the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter Trust, Hospice Taranaki and Kaimata School.

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Maureen enjoys spending time with her family and friends. She likes to travel and participate in half-marathon events around our beautiful country. Maureen's sporting endeavours include participating in the inaugural Coastal Five event, completing 42.2 km over two days. When she can, Maureen also likes to volunteer at local sporting events and the Festival of Lights.

Megan has extensive customer service experience, and as well as looking after our Stratford clients, provides legal support to our Property Team.

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Megan likes to spend time with family and is currently planning a wedding! She also enjoys travelling, watching a movie or reading a good book.