Exploring value capture taxation
There seems to be a unanimous view that New Zealand needs more and improved infrastructure. From roads to three waters, every council has a wish...
Category : Legal
New court decision for our ports
Tighten the halyard, bind the stays – stormy seas or calm water ahead for coastal planning, asks Mike Doesburg, Partner at Wynn Williams in its...
Foreshore and seabed debacle continues
A Court of Appeal decision released back in October over cultural and legal interpretation of the Marine and Coastal Area Act will have a profound...
What makes up ‘Capital Value’ according to the Court of Appeal
By Linda O’Reilly, special council, Tompkins Wake (July, 2023) Rates are set under the Local Government (Rating) Act 2002 (LGRA) based on the capital value...
Obligations to remedy non-compliance by past owners
By Frana Divich, Heaney and Partners. Recently the High Court was asked to decide what it described as “a short but not particularly easy point”...
The dirt on the National Policy Statement for highly productive land
Case Review: Gray v Dunedin City Council, Balmoral Developments (Outram) Limited v Dunedin City Council and the National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land. By...
A tough lesson over swimming pool fencing
Photo supplied: BUCHANAN AND MARSHALL v TASMAN DISTRICT COUNCIL [2023] NZHC 53 By Frana Divich, partner, Heaney & Partners. The High Court recently found that...
Future response to extreme weather EVENTS
By Linda O’Reilly, special counsel, Tompkins Wake. Lawyers are supposed to specialise in sober reflection, but the impact of Auckland Anniversary Weekend flooding and Cyclone...
Justice delayed is justice denied
By Frana Divich, Heaney & Partners. The first part of this century saw a huge volume of claims going through the Weathertight Homes Tribunal (the...
Elections are over – let the triennium begin
By Mike Doesburg, a partner at Wynn Williams who acts for councils on a wide range of local government and environmental issues. The reality of...