by Virginia Bonanni | Jul 30, 2023 | Arbitration, Building, Mediation
By Richard Pidgeon The lawyers who acted for the body corporate and most unit owners in settling the Spencer on Byron’s leaky building claim have been successfully sued by the body corporate in Body Corporate 207624 v Grimshaw & Co [2023] NZHC 979. The body...
by Virginia Bonanni | Jul 19, 2023 | Building, Construction
By Kate Holland In our December 2022 issue of BuildLaw, we reported on a case in the English High Court[1] about an unusual alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedure in a construction contract that was held to be too uncertain to be an enforceable condition...
by Virginia Bonanni | Jul 12, 2023 | Adjudication, Building, Construction
By Sam Dorne In Goodman-Jones v Hughey & ors [2023] NZHC 604, two experienced builders brought a claim for damages for a perceived defective installation of cladding for a new build. Despite the action being brought against multiple defendants the Court found that...
