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CALL FOR ESTATE AGENTS TO STOP PROVIDING PRE PURCHASE INSPECTOR RECOMMENDATIONS

A building surveyor who helped develop Government guidance on pre-purchase inspections warns that real estate agents should not make recommendations on inspectors as the guidance is voluntary and unaccredited inspectors are rife in the industry.

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ROADING ENGINEER USED FALSE INVOICING SCHEME TO SCAM COUNCIL OF $178,000

A roading engineer has admitted his role in a scheme that siphoned $178,365 from a council's coffers.

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MASTERTON DISTRICT COUNCIL SETTLES A NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING CLAIMS WITH THE LOCAL LANDS TRUST

Heaney & Partners acted for the council in respect of six structurally defective (earthquake prone) commercial buildings.

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WE HAVE MOVED TO 2 COMMERCE STREET

After 9 years at 188 Quay Street we have moved a couple of city blocks into the Britomart district. Our new physical address is level 11, 2 Commerce Street, Auckland 1010. 

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FRANZ JOSEF FLOODWALL CASH SIGNED OFF

The government and the West Coast Regional Council have signed off on funding for floodwall upgrades at Franz Josef Glacier.

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COVID-19 POLICY

Our people are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Our firm policy is that only fully vaccinated people, or those with a Ministry of Health exemption, may attend our offices and meet with our people in person (on site or off site). If you are meeting with us, or wish to visit our workplace, please do not be offended if we ask to see your vaccine pass. We will also ask any visitors to our office to sign in using the QR code at reception.

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PROMOTION FOR JOHN & SASKIA

We are very pleased to announce that John and Saskia are being promoted to the position of Senior Solicitor effective from 1 February 2022.

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CLIMATE AND INTERESTING COURT CASES

Royal Dutch Shell has been ordered by a court in the Netherlands to dramatically reduce its global emissions. Local government faces risk from these types of lawsuits too. An article by Frana.

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THE ‘LONGSTOP’ PROVISION IN THE BUILDING ACT 2004

One of the things that makes the law interesting is that different legal brains can come to different decisions on similar facts.
This has played out recently in two conflicting decisions of the High Court on how the longstop limitation provision in the Building Act 2004 interacts with the limitation period for claims for contribution in the Limitation Act. Which limitation period trumps the other? An article by Frana.

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INSURANCE MATTERS

In 1997 a mutual scheme to provide insurance for councils was established known as the New Zealand Mutual Liability RiskPool Scheme (RiskPool).. It was born out of growing dissatisfaction with how the commercial market responded to the insurance needs of councils. An article by Frana.

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