by Denise Marsden | Jul 10, 2014 | General property Law, Unit Titles
With the Unit Titles Act 2010 (UTA), bodies corporate were required to implement a long term maintenance plan. By special resolution, a body corporate could opt out of having a long term maintenance fund. Most bodies corporate have plans. Not so...
by Denise Marsden | Mar 3, 2014 | General property Law, Unit Titles
The Court of Appeal looks at how costs for remedial works should be shared at Auckland’s Shangri-La apartments. Wikipedia notes Shangri-La is meant to be a “permanently happy land”, not so Auckland’s Shangri-La. The Court of Appeal was asked by the body...
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...
by Debra Dorrington | Oct 15, 2013 | General property Law, Sale and Purchase
Earlier this year the Christchurch Council lost its accreditation as a building consent authority. It failed to meet criteria necessary for the accreditation. However the Council has continued to issue building consents and government has maintained the view that the...
by Denise Marsden | Oct 14, 2013 | Building, General property Law
Most residential property developers use the NZS 3910 standard form of building contract. It’s used for infrastructure works for a subdivision or for building high-rise apartments. It’s used regardless of the procurement method e.g....
by Denise Marsden | Oct 11, 2013 | General property Law, Subdivisions, Unit Titles
Developers commonly become members of the body corporate committee, especially if units remain unsold or it is a staged development, so as to retain control. There has been a recent case (Guardian Retail Holdings Limited v Buddle Findlay High Court, 27 June 2013)...
