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

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

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