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Supreme Court slams leaky homes legislation
The Supreme Court has criticised leaky homes legislation as slow and "tortuous" and ruled in favour of a Whangarei homeowner.
The Supreme Court has criticised leaky homes legislation as slow and "tortuous" and ruled in favour of a Whangarei homeowner.
Bat Palms Apartment block in Browns Bay that is facing a hefty repair bill due to it being a leaky building.
Around $2.1 million will be invested to build a total of six new classrooms at schools in the Wellington and Kapiti regions, Education Minister Hekia Parata announced today.
Cambridge High School and Ngaruawahia High School Waikato will both undergo major redevelopments at a cost of $17 million.
For one family, their leaky home presents a life or death situation for their 10-year-old.
Auckland Council has budgeted $291mi for the leaky building disaster and its financial forecasts indicate it will become an inter-generational issue.
A dispute between a Tauranga builder and the Ministry of Education over school weathertightness issues tipped the builder into liquidation, an official report says.
A lawsuit against building products maker James Hardie Industries has lost its bid to let potential plaintiffs join after a Dec. 31 cut-off date.
A proposal for builders to give themselves the green light could leave the door open for a repeat of the leaky housing crisis, construction industry experts say.
New Zealand's biggest leaky building payout points to serious flaws in our system, according to an industry expert.
The 150 owners of the 12-level Nautilus tower in Orewa were awarded the payout in a decision released yesterday by Justice Murray Gilbert.
Owners of Orewa apartment tower the Nautilus have won $25.07 million, the largest amount awarded to leaky building owners in New Zealand.
Many owners of big apartment blocks are going through their second leaky building repair project, after the first fix-up failed.
Repairs have begun to one of Auckland's largest leaky apartment complexes.
Fallout from New Zealand's leaky building disaster continues. The case related to an alleged failure of a cladding system, although the builder defended that.
Facing huge bills to fix their leaky houses, more homeowners have joined the new $100 million-plus leaky home class action.
Gay Johnson spent $600,000 fixing her leaking Castor Bay house so she joined a new $100 million legal action to fight for compensation.
Initial investigations have begun into how to fix one of New Zealand's biggest leaky-building towers.
A big court case over one of Auckland's most ill-fated apartment tower developments is set down to be heard early next year.
A dispute over building defects at one of Auckland's biggest shopping malls was on the electronic online High Court list last Thursday.
A building crisis in Canterbury could be as widespread as the leaky home issue, lawyers say.
About 100 leaky building victims whose claims were rejected because they were beyond a 10-year threshold may now get help to fix their homes.
An Auckland couple who own a $2m leaky home have an “arguable case” in their lawsuit against the pair that sold them the property, a High Court judge says.
The Supreme Court's landmark decision clarifying when home owners can make claims about leaky buildings will only affect a small number of people, government officials say.
A lawyer says hundreds of leaky-home owners could seek to overturn rejected compensation bids after a landmark Supreme Court decision.
A Dunedin woman says she has been waiting more than four years to have her state house insulated but contractors will not tackle it because of mould under the floor.
A couple who paid $913,000 for a leaky Meadowbank house fought for four years to get it reclad after an earlier repair continued to let water into the home.
Kevin Pugh has twice fought off his neighbours in Herne Bay's luxury Shangri La tower, winning lengthy litigation over the building's repair.
A lawyer who grossly overcharged his former golfing buddy has been struck off the Law Society's register, and ordered to repay almost $500,000 in overcharged fees.