Hayman Lawyers is a Wellington-based law firm that has helped clients buy and sell property in the Wellington region and beyond for over 20 years, describing itself as relationship-focused rather than transaction-based. The firm's property expertise covers everything from cliffside sections and earthquake-strengthening issues to unit title apartments, company share apartments, retirement villages, buying off the plans, and reverse mortgages, supporting clients from the pre-contract phase — including LIM reports and builder's reports — right through to settlement and beyond.
Beyond property, Hayman Lawyers offers a broad range of legal services spanning business law (business structures, franchising, and privacy and information law), employment law for both employers and employees (covering contracts, personal grievances, restructuring, bullying, harassment and redundancy), trusts (setting up, reviewing, trustee assistance and winding up), wills and estates (including contesting a will, enduring power of attorney, and probate), and disputes and litigation.
The firm works with a wide range of clients, from couples buying their first home and flatmates buying together, to parents helping children into their first home or collectives building an apartment block.
For more than 20 years, Hayman Lawyers has been helping clients buy and sell property across the Wellington region and beyond, building a firm that describes itself as relationship-focused rather than transaction-based. That distinction matters in a city like Wellington, where property comes with its own particular quirks — the firm points specifically to knowing the ins and outs of owning a property that might be on the side of a cliff, in need of earthquake strengthening, or exposed to a wind warning.
Hayman Lawyers works with a genuinely wide range of property clients: couples buying their first home, flatmates buying together, parents helping their children into a first home, and collectives building an apartment block. The firm's stated knowledge spans unit title apartments, company share apartments, retirement villages, buying off the plans, and reverse mortgages — areas that carry their own legal complexities beyond a standard freehold purchase. Support runs from the pre-contract phase, including advice on LIM reports and builder's reports, right through to settlement, and if necessary, beyond it.
While property law is a clear focus, Hayman Lawyers also covers a fuller spread of legal needs. On the business side, the firm advises on business structures, franchising, and privacy and information law. Employment law services run both directions — supporting employers with employment contracts, personal grievances and restructuring, and supporting employees dealing with workplace bullying, harassment or redundancy.
For clients thinking about long-term planning, Hayman Lawyers offers a full trust lifecycle service: setting up a trust, reviewing an existing one, assisting trustees with their duties, and winding up a trust when it's no longer needed. On the wills and estates side, the firm helps clients make a will, handles enduring power of attorney arrangements, advises on estates and probate, and can assist where a will is being contested.
When matters can't be resolved through negotiation alone, Hayman Lawyers also offers disputes and litigation services, giving clients a path forward whether the dispute relates to property, business, employment or another area of the firm's practice.
Hayman Lawyers maintains an active blog covering practical legal topics relevant to its client base, with recent posts on handling business disputes, how mediation services can help resolve conflicts, resolving workplace disputes, understanding employment contracts, exploring family trusts in Wellington, and understanding residential property law. This gives prospective and existing clients a way to get a general sense of relevant legal issues before booking a formal consultation.
Hayman Lawyers is based at Level 14, 109-125 Willis Street, in central Wellington. The firm can be reached by phone or email, and maintains a presence on Facebook for updates.
For Wellington property buyers and sellers navigating the city's particular property quirks, or for clients needing support with trusts, wills, employment matters or business structuring, Hayman Lawyers offers a long-established, relationship-focused option built on two decades of local property law experience.