Morgan Jones, a child, fell through a safety rail onto the railway track near Kaikoura and suffered very serious injuries. An action was brought against TranzRail for exemplary damages. The case was settled on very advantageous terms.
GCA Lawyers acted for the owner of a commercial building in an arbitration concerning end-of-lease reinstatement obligations. The owner obtained an award requiring the former tenant to pay six-figure reinstatement costs for fit-out works it had failed to complete under the lease.
On the 28 April 1995 a Department of Conservation viewing platform over the Cave Creek ravine (West Coast) collapsed, resulting in the deaths of 14 persons...
