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New Zealand’s building and construction sector has broadly welcomed the Government’s overhaul of the building consent system, calling it a long-overdue step toward reducing costs, improving efficiency, and addressing persistent frustrations that have hindered growth for decades. The reforms, announced last week, replace the existing joint and several liability framework with proportionate liability and allow […]
Commerical lawyer, Geoff Hardy There are plenty of situations where a builder might want to cancel a building contract. You might have suffered a personal tragedy or a serious health setback, or you might have unexpectedly lost one or more senior staff members. You might have overcommitted yourself and taken on more projects than […]
For a lot of people involved in the building trade, the requirement to be “licensed” is nothing new – take architects, engineers, plumbers, electricians, gasfitters, and lawyers for example. Commerical lawyer, Geoff Hardy The requirement for builders to be licensed only came about relatively recently, following the emergence of the leaky building crisis and […]
The Government has recently announced that minimum wages will increase to $17.70 an hour on 1 April 2019. By Marcus Beveridge and Tina Hwang from Queen City Law We would assume that nobody in the construction sector is paying the minimum wage and therefore the labour force will remain unaffected. However, there will undoubtedly […]
Almost every time we hear about a main contractor being liquidated, we also hear subcontractors will be left out of pocket. Why is it that? Jeff Walters, specialist in property and construction law, K3 Legal After the collapse of Hartner Construction, the Construction Contracts Act 2002 was introduced to put an end to this […]
By Martz Witty So you’re in business and something isn’t quite going to plan, or has happened that you hadn’t budgeted for, or has struck from the left field and caught you unaware. These all happen. But how are you dealing with them? The first typical reaction is knee jerk and panic, but this is […]
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