Construction law experts | Hesketh Henry, Auckland

Leading expertise for every angle of NZ construction law

Construction law is a relatively new field of specialist legal practice for New Zealand. Few local law firms can honestly call themselves construction law experts; Hesketh Henry is one that can. We are recommended internationally by the Asia-Pacific Legal 500 directory for ‘Real Estate and Construction’ and by AsiaLaw as ‘Outstanding’ in construction law.

Our construction law team encompasses all levels of experience, from senior partners to junior lawyers. This means we can keep client costs down by allocating the most appropriate level of seniority to each task.

At partner level, our team members have international experience gained in the USA, UK and Ireland. Knowledge sharing is important to us and we regularly conduct in-house construction law training to ensure consistent high-quality representation for our clients.

We act for building and engineering consultants, contractors, specialist subcontractors, developers, and their insurers. Our clients include international and multinational companies, as well as local businesses.

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Examples of work completed by our team include:

Advising a civil contractor on payment and programming issues, including rights under the construction Contracts Act 2002;
Acting for principals, consultants, contractors and sub contractors in numberous adjudications, arbitrations and High Court proceedings involving variations and disputed final accounts;
Acting for contractors, consultants, manufacturers and suppliers in claims involving weather tightness issues, building subsidence, product liability claims and engineering defects;
Construction contract reviews and negotiations for the design and build of industrial plant, and commercial and apartment refurbishment and new build projects;
Prosecuting and defending negligence claims (and related professional indemnity cover issues) across a range of professional disciplines, including architects, quantity surveyors and other advisers in the construction sector; and
Advising on scope and cover of international construction company policy in relation to claims arising from New Zealand’s largest retail development.