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Expert Determination

When consent to cross‑lease changes can be “reasonably” withheld  

The Court of Appeal has clarified the law on when consent to cross-lease alterations can be withheld – and the decision represents a meaningful...
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Arbitration

Resolve your commercial lease rent review dispute quickly and cost-effectively 

Unfortunately, rent review disputes are common, especially in the current economic climate. They are often stressful, time-consuming and expensive and may damage the ongoing...
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Arbitration

“Careful and reasonable”: New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre welcomes High Court finding on rent-review arbitral award  

The High Court (the Court) has declined an application to set aside an arbitral award administered by the New Zealand Dispute Resolution Centre (...
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Hamilton Bridge
Arbitration

HAL in hot water: Tetchy comments and refusal to attend arbitration boils over in lease dispute

Yi Ming Investment Ltd (YMIL) terminated the lease of Hamilton Accommodation Ltd (HAL) due to alleged contractual breaches at the Ascot Motor Lodge in...
Article
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Arbitration

Leave for second appeal declined in lease dispute arbitration

In The Gama Foundation v Fletcher Steel Limited [2023] NZCA 243, the Court of Appeal reiterated the strict New Zealand tests set out in...
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Arbitration, Expert Determination, Mediation

No access clause implied in commercial leases

On 28 October 2021, the Government amended the Property Law Act to imply a ‘no access in an emergency clause’ into commercial leases which...
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General

Leaky Home Case: Failure to obtain a building report results in reduction of damages for contributory negligence

Apportionment for contributory negligence allows a court to share the responsibility between parties in circumstances where the test for causation and remoteness of damage...
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Arbitration, Expert Determination, Mediation

Changes on the way for commercial lease Covid-19 rent disputes

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Arbitration, Mediation

Resolving cross lease disputes

Going through another COVID-19 lockdown can be challenging, and disputes with neighbours may crystallise with people spending more time at home. Cross leases have...
Press Release
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Arbitration, Mediation

NZDRC Commercial Lease Scheme on the News

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A brass scale of justice sits prominently on a glass desk, symbolizing law and fairness. In the background, a person in a suit, partially out of focus, examines documents, indicating that even in this seemingly straightforward setting, the court sees through layers of lipstick and linguistic camouflage.
Arbitration

Court sees through layers of lipstick and linguistic camouflage in audacious application to set aside arbitral award

Unfortunately, too many unsuccessful arbitration participants still see it as worth their while to ‘roll the dice’ by manufacturing a pathway to a...

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Arb-Med, Arbitration, Mediation

Alternative Dispute Resolution under the Trusts Act 2019 – missing in action?

The new Trusts Act 2019 (Act) came into force on 30 January 2021. It brings a number of significant changes to trust law and...

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