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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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...
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...
Insurance matters
By Frana Divich, Partner, Heaney & Partners. In 1997 a mutual scheme to provide insurance for councils was established. It was born out of growing...
Climate and interesting court cases
By Frana Divich, Partner, Heaney & Partners. Royal Dutch Shell has been ordered by a court in the Netherlands to dramatically reduce its global emissions. I...
Pandemic lockdown challenged
Our team of five million did an amazing job of eliminating the Covid-19 virus. With the move to L1 last month we now have one...