Andrew Hough
Partner
LLB (Hons),
Law - University of Auckland
Admitted 2005
Profile
Andrew is a Partner in our Auckland office. He specialises in civil and commercial litigation with an emphasis on property and construction disputes.
Andrew worked at Grimshaw & Co for seven years up until 2011. Prior to his return, Andrew gained extensive experience at two large law firms in Australia and Auckland, where he worked on a mixture of commercial, insurance, reinsurance and local government cases.
He has appeared in the Weathertight Homes Tribunal, District Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal in New Zealand, and as the instructing solicitor in the Supreme Court of NSW. His experience covers interlocutory hearings, trials, appeals, interim injunctions and private high value arbitrations.
Articles
Sharing the pain - contribution claims and longstop limitation - LinkedIn, September 2024
Better late than never? - LinkedIn, July 2024
Double studs and alphabet soup - LinkedIn, February 2019
Steadying the ship – council negligence in NZ – LinkedIn, December 2017
Legal chaos and good fortune – LinkedIn, April 2017
Stepdaughter landlords and Court ordered property testing – LinkedIn, March 2017
Alcohol, chit chat, and liability for dinner party conversations – LinkedIn, March 2017
Do what I tell you – negligence in leaky building remediation – LinkedIn, January 2017
Backwards tracing and the brick wall of debts – LinkedIn, December 2016
Wrong account?! Recovering mistaken payments – LinkedIn, December 2016
Liability for negligent building work – LinkedIn, October 2016
Playing the long game – LinkedIn, September 2016
Manufacturers beware – product liability and the Building Act 2004 – LinkedIn, August 2016
Looking past the tip of the iceberg – LinkedIn, August 2016
Just Spray, and Run Away! Personal liability for training and supervising company employees– NewLaw, June 2014
Limitation Periods for Building Defect Claims – the Art of Drawing a Line in the Sand – BuildLaw, December 2010
Recent Judicial Decisions
Body Corporate 392418 v Chan & Ors [2022] | 18 March 2022 | Download
NZHC 503
Body Corporate 348047 v Auckland Council [2017] | 31 May 2017 | Download
NZHC 1163
ISP Consulting Engineers Ltd v Body Corporate 89408 & Ors [2017] NZCA 160 | 05 May 2017 | Download
CA235/2016
Heli Holdings Limited v The Helicopter Line Limited & Ors [2016] | 16 May 2016 | Download
NZHC 976
Body Corporate 89408 & Ors v John Macritchie & Ors | 29 April 2016 | Download
NZHC 844
Wellington City Council v Colin James Dallas [2014] | 19 December 2014 | Download
NZCA 631
New Zealand Local Authority Protection Programme Disaster Fund v The New India Assurance Company Ltd [2013] | 06 June 2013 | Download
NZHC 1327
Contact
DDI +64 9 375 2375
Email Andrew Hough
Areas of Expertise
Property disputes
Alternative dispute resolution
