Since 1987, we have been serving legal documents, court proceedings and dissolution of marriage (divorce) applications.
The Neill Group (TNG) are widely recognised as New Zealand’s expert process servers. We professionally serve 1000’s of legal documents every year in New Zealand and worldwide.
The Neill Group (TNG) are New Zealand’s most experienced authorised process servers. We have been serving legal documents in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and throughout every region of New Zealand since 1987.
We provide nationwide document and legal process serving for a growing number of law firms, barristers, solicitors, government agencies, lending institutions and reputable debt collection agency’s.
Even with difficult process serving assignments, our clients can be confident that we have the experience and proven ability to professionally effect service of legal documents in accordance with the New Zealand courts rules of service.
If we can’t serve your legal documents, it can’t be served! We have built a reputation over three decades for astounding our clients by “doing the impossible”. We have served evasive defendants and absconded debtors from Kaitaia to Bluff.
We operate New Zealand’s largest network of experienced authorised process servers (legal document servers). Our authorised process servers are based in some of New Zealand’s most rural, remote and geographically challenging areas.
A number of our authorised process servers are former bailiffs, police officers and military personnel. Our people are the best process servers in New Zealand with significant experience serving New Zealand and international legal process.
Why do clients select us? Because the authorised process servers engaged by The Neill Group (TNG) are widely recognised for their high success rate, vast experience and knowledge of the legal process.
What is a Process Server?
A process server (legal document server) is an individual hired to personally deliver, or “serve” legal documents to an individual named in court proceedings. This service of documents is known as the “service of process”.
It is a legal procedure required to give notice to all parties facing legal action. Our nationwide team of process servers will serve your legal documents as per the rules of service in order for the service to be valid.
What is a Process Serving?
Process serving is the service of legal documents on a defendant. Defendants who are the subject of legal action must be personally notified, this notification is known as the service of process. Court proceedings are required to be served personally on a defendant or recipient by authorised process servers within the time frame stipulated by the Courts.
If the documents you can’t be served personally and the defendant is avoiding service, the courts can issue an order for substituted service which allows the documents to be served by attaching to the front door or adult at the defendants last known address or a family members address (sometimes a workplace address),
With a fast approaching deadline, you can rely on our team of highly-skilled authorised process servers to serve your legal documents on time, every time.
Why The Neill Group (TNG)?
Our founder and business owner, Dion Neill served his first legal document in 1987! The Neill Group (TNG) operates New Zealand’s largest network of authorised process servers.
We use informants, public databases, information sources and an extensive range of proven tracing methods to assist in serving the most evasive defendants or recipients.
Our secure online software allows you to upload your legal documents and monitor the progress of your document serving assignment in real time directly from the field.
The Neill Group (TNG) engages authorised process servers throughout the country. We pride ourselves on having the widest coverage of document serving capabilities available in New Zealand.
We are more than authorised process servers who serve legal documents. We also provide a specialised courier service for sensitive, time-critical and confidential documents throughout New Zealand and worldwide.
What documents do we serve?
We professionally serve all legal documents and Court proceedings, including:
- District Court documents
- Family Court documents
- High Court documents
- New Zealand court summonses
- Bankruptcy notices
- Demand notices
- Trespass notices
- Insolvency documents
- Property law act notices
- Orders for examination
- Charging documents
- International process
- Criminal proceedings
- Prepossession notices
- Dissolution of marriage (divorce) applications
- Confidential commercial documents
- Eviction notices
- Parenting orders
We Serve Trespass Notices & Dissolution of Marriage (Divorce) Applications.
We serve dissolution of marriage applications in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and throughout New Zealand.
In simple terms, dissolving a marriage or civil union is the legal term for divorce. The Family Court in New Zealand can end your marriage or civil union by making an order for dissolving your marriage.
The Family Court has the authority to legally end your marriage or civil union once you and you partner have lived apart for a minimum of two years. If you have children together the Family Court must be satisfied that arrangements have been made for their care and welfare.
There are two types of marriage dissolution applications:
1. If both you and your partner want a divorce – If you have grounds to do so, both you and your partner, you need to ask the Family Court for a marriage of dissolution order.
Click this link for information on applying for a divorce (when you both agree).
2. If only one of you wants a divorce: As the applicant, you will need to ask the Family Court to make a decision. This is known an applying for an order. If you are applying for an order, you (or your legal representative) become responsible for ensuring that your application is correctly served on the recipient.
Click this link for information on applying for a divorce (on your own)
Serving New Zealand Trespass Notices
In New Zealand there is no legal requirement to give a trespass notice in writing – however a written document reinforces the situation for the person, they cannot say they did not know of the notice and of the requirement to leave and not return.
There are two ways to deliver a trespass notice:
1. Verbal trespass
If you deliver a trespass notice verbally, it is advisable to record the date and time along with the reason for giving a trespass notice to that person. Also record the name or description of the person asked to leave.
2. Written trespass
If you undertake a written trespass, complete three copies of the Trespass Notice: One copy to the person you are serving, one copy for you to keep, one copy to give to your nearest police station for their records (this is used if enforcement be required). To serve a notice you simply hand it to the person. If they refuse to accept it and it drops on the ground, it is still considered served.
Keep that copy and note down that the person refused to accept the notice. You are required to give a reasonable time for the trespasser to leave. If the person stays or takes an unreasonable time to comply, call the Police.
What do you do if the recipient decides to ignore the trespass notice?
If someone comes back after you have given them a trespass notice they will have committed an offence, immediately call the Police. It is an offence punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 months to enter an address that you have been trespassed from within 2 years from the date of receiving the notice.