Rebekah Mapson
Associate, Ōtepoti | Dunedin
LLB, BA, MusB(Hons), MBHL(Distinction), University of Otago; MInstD
Rebekah is an Associate in our Property and Private Client team. Based out of the Dunedin office, she advises on a number of matters including residential and commercial property transactions, commercial leasing, subdivisions, property matters involving local government legislation (including road stopping and the Public Works Act 1981), and not-for-profit law, including formation and governance of charitable trusts and incorporated societies. Rebekah can also assist in relation to all aspects of estate planning including Wills and enduring powers of attorney, residential care subsidy advice, purchase of retirement village units and occupation rights, and trust related matters including advice on the Trusts Act 2019.
Rebekah joined the firm in 2017. She graduated from the University of Otago graduating a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, and a Bachelor of Music in 2014, and a Master of Bioethics and Health Law in 2016. She was admitted to the bar in September 2016.
Rebekah is a member of the Otago Women’s Lawyer Society (OWLS), the Property Law Section, the Local Authority Property Association, the Property Council New Zealand, and is a Member of the Institute of Directors New Zealand.
Rebekah also sits on the New Zealand Law Society – Otago Branch Council and the Auckland District Law Society (ADLS) Documents & Precedents Committee, and is a trustee of the Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust and VSP Charitable Trust.
Publications
- Trespassing and Wandering Stock: A Guide for Rural Landowners
- Unbundling your property rights: statutory rights of access to private land
- New Zealand Firearms Registry Now Live
- MBIE Publishes New Seismic Risk Resource for Commercial Tenants
- Estate Planning: Protecting Your Digital Assets
- The Charities Amendment Bill – what it means for registered charities in New Zealand
- Therapeutic Products Bill
- Supreme Court decision acts as warning to trustees to act impartially and reasonably towards beneficiaries
- Farm Leases
- Farm tenancies