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”...
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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...
The Auditor-General is watching
With legislative reform proceeding in all directions, I am spoilt for choice about really big things happening in the local government space to write about...
Is the ballot box calling you?
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel, Tompkins Wake. If you are reading this … it is a fair assumption that you have an interest in local...
Defending building defects claims
By Sarah Macky, Heaney and Partners. A decision delivered by the High Court in March of this year is a helpful reminder of the challenges...
Resource management – lots of questions, few answers
By Lucy de Latour, a partner at Wynn Williams. This year [2022] is shaping up to be yet another busy year for local government and the...