In this month’s article I wish to focus upon a very recent Law Commission paper addressing whether there remains a need to alter the principle of joint and several liability, or put in more familiar terms, “the last man standing” rule. Example of application of last man standing rule. A owns a leaky building [...]
This month, a recent High Court decision (Keven Investments Limited v Montgomery & Ors [2012] NZHC 1596) is reviewed by Timothy Bates and Chadleigh Danswan of Auckland law firm Legal Vision in which one important issue before the Court centred around determining when an individual (who builds a residential home) might fall within the definition [...]
This article focuses upon the judgment of Justice Heath in the very recent decision of Sunset Terraces, being the first multi-unit leaky building to proceed all the way to trial in the High Court. SUNSET TERRACES IS A RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX SITUATED IN SUNSET ROAD, MAIRANGI BAY. IT IS A LINEAR UNIT TITLE DEVELOPMENT COMPRISING 21 [...]