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...
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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...
Local government’s central role in public health
FRANA DIVICH, HEANEY AND PARTNERS With Omicron very much in the forefront of my mind at the time of writing this article, I thought that...
Legal challenge to Three Waters’ proposals
By Gary Judd, QC, who is representing the Water Users’ Group, set to oppose the Government’s Three Waters reforms. The group has filed a legal...
The ‘longstop’ provision in the Building Act 2004
By Frana Divich, Heaney and Partners. One of the things that makes the law interesting is that different legal brains can come to different decisions...