Water services reform: What’s happening, and when?
We have received a number of questions about Government changes to water services delivery, write Paul Buetow, Partner; Ezekiel Hudspith, Partner; and Miles Rout, Solicitor...
Category : Legal
Right to know – withholding information
Image: Birmingham City Council House. In our local government system, local authorities are served by two separate yet equally important groups: the elected councillors who...
More overseas building products – the risks
The Government is making it easier for overseas building products to be used here by providing assurance that building consent authorities will accept them as...
Lessons in the building approval processes
In a recent decision of the Christchurch High Court, the Christchurch City Council successfully defended a summary judgment application, writes Sarah Macky, Partner at Heaney...
Are councils ‘Treaty’ partners?
By Mike Doesburg and Emma Burns, lawyers specialising in local government and environmental law at Wynn Williams. This year, considerable debate has been had about...
Adhering to procedural rules
By Frana Divich (Partner), Heaney and Partners. In a recent judgement, the High Court rejected an application for an extension of time to serve a...
Rating Maori Land
By Linda O’Reilly, Special Counsel, Tompkins Wake. A recent report on the use of the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Maori) Amendment Act 2021 to successfully...
The horizon for resource management
Mike Doesburg, Partner at Wynn Williams and specialist in resource management and environmental law, looks at what lies ahead in terms of environmental law reform....
Time limits for building claims
The Supreme Court has released its long-awaited decision of Beca v Wellington City Council, deciding whether the Building Act’s 10-year longstop applied to third-party contribution...
Supreme Court delivers limitation decision
Few things strike more fear into litigation lawyers than limitation dates, says Frana Divich, Partner at Heaney & Partners. If a litigation lawyer misses a...