Construction Lawyers Auckland and New Zealand

The construction lawyers at Lovegrove & Cotton are construction law and building law experts and provide trans -Tasman construction dispute resolution advice in New Zealand and Australia.

Lovegrove & Cotton was established in 1993 in Australia as a dedicated construction law firm. Be it resolution of commercial and domestic building disputes, building practitioner regulatory advice and advocacy, or law and policy reform contributions, our firm has the experience needed to support and protect our clients’ interests, and the interests of the building industry in New Zealand and Australia more broadly.

Trans-Tasman Lawyers

Our New Zealand operations have a primary focus on the provision of advice for trans-Tasman building and engineering companies. Our firm is able to accept instructions from clients either side of the Tasman, to ensure the seamless interaction of the provision of legal advice for corporations that transact and do business in both countries.

Adjunct Professor Kim Lovegrove MSE RML is admitted to practice law in New Zealand.

Kim as you can tell by his cv has been recognised as a leading Australasian construction lawyer and has also worked as a senior law reform advisory consultant to the World Bank. He is also the Chairperson of the International Building Quality Centre and is past president of the NZIOB Northern Chapter and the Building Practitioners Board of Victoria

Justin Cotton, head of building practitioner guidelines who studied law at Auckland University, is Melbourne-based and can advise New Zealand clients in domiciled in Australia on matters pertaining to Australian jurisdictions.

For more New Zealand related content please see below

• Kim Lovegrove FireNZ Presentation; “What an International Best Practice Building Act Looks Like – Key Learnings From 30 Years Experience in Law Reform”
• Kim Lovegrove FireNZ presentation; “How to Inoculate the Design of Building Regulation From Failure”
• Adjunct Professor Kim Lovegrove MSE, RML Presenting to the Society of Construction Law New Zealand on the Topic of Divergent Approaches to Joint Tortfeasor Liability Apportionment between Australia and New Zealand 
• Sky News interview on Kim Lovegrove’s recommendation on how to improve the New Zealand Building Act. 
• A contrast and comparison between the Building Act 1993 (Victoria) and the Building Act 2004 (New Zealand)  
• Some ideas on how to renovate the New Zealand Building Act to embrace International good practice
• New Zealand’s Vexed 10-Year Limitation Period and Comparison with Victoria’s Clear liability long tail – A Remedy for Consideration.