by Rachael Stevenson | Mar 22, 2017 | Building, General property Law
A recent case considered whether or not the model IPENZ – ACENZ Short Form Agreement was incorporated into a contract between a client and an engineering firm. This was important because negligence had been alleged. If the short form applied it included a limitation...
by Rachael Stevenson | Jan 12, 2016 | Building
1 December 2015 – Payment Claims There is now no distinction between a residential and a commercial construction contract (with the exception of charging orders). All payment claims issued by a contractor must attach Form 1 from the Construction Contracts...
by Denise Marsden | Feb 23, 2015 | Building
Changes to the Building Act came into force on 1 January 2015. All builders who carry out residential work, whether demolition, new build or renovations, building a new fence or retaining wall (or doing any other "building work") need to ensure they...
by AlexanderDorrington | Oct 16, 2014 | Building, General property Law
What are the proposed changes? Changes are being mooted to retention arrangements. The Government has announced that a "deemed trust" arrangement is their proposed solution to protect subcontractors from circmustances like those that followed...
by AlexanderDorrington | Oct 13, 2014 | Building, General property Law, Subdivisions
The legal set-up of a new subdivision or unit title development should be treated with as much care as the physical design. It’s very easy to leave a mess – one that is difficult and expensive to resolve. The rights, rules and restrictions that a developer puts...
by AlexanderDorrington | Nov 15, 2013 | Building, Business Law, Fresh Business Thinking, General property Law
Next month the Government will begin to introduce a new Health and Safety (H&S) regime in its bid to achieve a 25% reduction in workplace fatalities and serious injuries by 2020. As a result, most businesses will need to immediately up skill, perform due...
