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Defective cladding Legal

Defective cladding

Supreme Court gives green light to claim against CHH. By Frana Divich, partner, Heaney & Partners. Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) has lost another battle in its war with the Ministry of Education over “leaky schools”. The decision paves the way for the claim to proceed to trial and clarifies what claims may be brought against...
Defective properties Legal

Defective properties

Contributory negligence or no claim? Sarah Macky, a partner at law firm Heaney & Partners explains the implications for councils.  The Weathertight Homes Tribunal and the courts have leant towards findings of contributory negligence on the part of claimants where claimants have purchased property which they know is defective or is...
Note to elected members Legal

Note to elected members

One particular report by the Auditor-General is required reading in election year, says Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O'Reilly. In this election year it is particularly interesting to reflect on the reported performance of local government. The Auditor-General does this every year and published her report, Local Government: Results...
Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill explained Legal

Te Ture Whenua Maori Bill explained

Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O'Reilly outlines new provisions for rating of Maori land. There are 1.4 million hectares of Maori freehold land in New Zealand and it is estimated that 545,000 hectares, or 36 percent, of it is unused. Rates on that unused land are largely uncollected and uncollectable, but may still pose a...
Through the legal looking glass Legal

Through the legal looking glass

Resource legislation, new minister and elections: Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O'Reilly looks into the year ahead. As I sit to write this piece on a wild, wet and windy start to the new year, I wonder what there really is left to say about local government that has not been said already. The answer is, of course, nothing at all....
Loopy Rules report: Just once over lightly? Legal

Loopy Rules report: Just once over lightly?

Brookfields Lawyers partner Linda O'Reilly takes a look at New Zealand’s loopy rules. It is hard to tell if the Rules Reduction Taskforce is a populist sop put together by the government to distract from more serious issues, or a genuine attempt at improving the processes affecting businesses and homeowners who run up against...
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