Direct agreements – back from the dead?
By JAMES McMILLAN AND SAM McCUTCHEON, KENSINGTON SWAN IN JUNE THIS year the Court of Appeal held that payments made to a contractor by a financier...
Category : Legal Comment
High stakes – are you covered?
by Vijay Naidu
THE SKYLINES OF our major cities are dotted with high rise cranes. Major construction works are underway in Auckland. The reconstruction of Christchurch continues and...
Introducing the new CCNZ Subcontract
By Arie Moore and Sam McCutcheon who are members of Kensington Swan’s Major Projects and Construction Team and who worked with CCNZ to develop the...
Is there a perfect engineer?
By Brendan Cash, partner, and Tamzin Dempste, solicitor, Kensington Swan’s Construction & Major Projects Team IT IS IMPORTANT to understand the role of the engineer...
Risk management in construction
By KENT PERRY, associate, Heaney & Partners THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS involving thousands of contractors are ‘on the go’ in New Zealand every day. These projects...
CCA update: Demonstrating ‘reasonable value’
This article first appeared in Contractor March 2017. By Kate Henderson, Solicitor, and Helen Brown, Special Counsel, Kensington Swan’s Construction and Infrastructure team. WHILE WRITTEN...
Who’s heard of the Contractual Remedies Act 1979?
This article was written by Stuart Robertson and Sam McCutcheon. Stuart is a partner and Sam is a solicitor in Kensington Swan’s construction team. The...
Right to suspend left dangling
This article was written by Stuart Robertson and Sam McCutcheon. Stuart is a partner and Sam is a solicitor in Kensington Swan’s construction team. The...
Prosecutions and the HSWA 2015
Legal comment on prosecutions and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA 2015), by Mallory Ward, solicitor, Kensington Swan’s Health and Safety team....
Rising from the ashes
READERS WITH YOUNGER children might remember the following scene from Harry Potter. Harry is in the headmaster’s office and he gazes at a bird about...