September 2025

Proportionate Liability: Fairer Rules or a Long Wait for Change?

Proportionate Liability: Fairer Rules or a Long Wait for Change?

The Government has launched the most significant overhaul of the building system in two decades, promising to rebalance liability and speed up consents. At the heart of the reforms is a shift from joint-and-several liability — where councils and ratepayers often end up footing the bill for defective work — to proportionate liability, where each party is responsible only for its own share of fault.

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