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Contact Details

vih@meareswilliams.co.nz

T: +64 3 379 0059
F:  +64 3 366 6299

Qualifications:
LLB(Hons)
University of Canterbury
Admitted: 2006

Vanessa Harpur
Solicitor

Vanessa began working for Meares Williams Lawyers in 2006 as a staff solicitor and left to work for a Dunedin firm for a period of time.  She returned to Meares Williams in 2009.  

Vanessa is a legal advisor for the Citizen's Advice Bureau and an Honorary Solicitor for a charitable organisation.

Recent projects include:

  • Major business restructure involving a number of companies and trusts; subsequent amalgamation of the companies involved.
  • Advising a large company involved in a multi-million dollar contractual dispute
  • Assisting an elderly client with the surrender of a retirement unit licence to occupy and purchase of a new license to occupy.


Vanessa's areas of practice:

  • Property - rural, residential & commerical
  • Wills & powers of attorney
  • Family trusts & gifting
  • Investment trusts
  • Company law - incorporation, restructuring, amalgamation,leases
  • Estate administration
  • Charitable trusts
  • Elder law
  • Franchises
  • Subdivisions

Meares Williams Lawyers - When it Matters


Partners:
Richard Burtt
Richard Gray
Simon Johnston
Julian Moran
Gerard Richardson

Associates:
Roger Brown
Lucy Richards

Solicitors:
Vanessa Harpur
Julie Hawthorn
Mary Johnston

Legal Executives:
Sandra Moore
Isabel Tweedy

Legal Administrators:
Annette Belcher
Pam Bell
Chris Kostarelis
Vanessa Moses
Linda Munro
Katherine Ryan

General Manager:
Ann Hogan

Financial &
Administration:
Tracey Cooper
Rachael Holder
Justine Jellyman