About Grimshaw & Co.
Grimshaw & Co is a specialist dispute resolution law firm. Our team of lawyers are experts in their field, acting on complex disputes involving building defects, construction, insurance, and property law. Our focus is on providing sound practical legal advice and achieving the best possible results for our clients.
Our History.
In 2002, Paul Grimshaw and Matthew Josephson began acting for leaky home owners and bodies corporate at Auckland law firm Cairns Slane. In 2005, they established Grimshaw & Co to provide specialist services to leaky homeowners and insurance clients.
The firm acted for a large number of bodies corporate and individual homeowners with claims before the Weathertight Homes Tribunal, District Court, and High Court. Grimshaw & Co acted on the leading leaky building cases including Sunset Terraces, Byron Avenue, and Spencer on Byron, which proceeded to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and created important legal precedents.
Over time Grimshaw & Co has acted on other important building defect claims. These include the leading second-generation repair case, Fleet Street, and the Victopia claim, in which the firm engaged litigation funders to pursue the insurers of the head contractor in Australia. Grimshaw & Co acted for the body corporate in the Uptown Apartments repair scheme case, in which the Court of Appeal set out important principles for the repair of mixed-use developments.
The firm has negotiated many out-of-court settlements for body corporate clients throughout New Zealand.
More recently, Grimshaw & Co represented the Gore Street owners in New Zealand’s largest body corporate building defect trial to date and subsequent appeal.
Our team is well known for its advice to body corporate clients, its focus on construction litigation, and its expertise in property disputes.
OUR CORE VALUES
What We Stand For.
We understand that choosing the right legal representation matters. Every decision we make is guided by the principles below.
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SPECIALIST EXPERTISE
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PRACTICAL LEGAL ADVICE
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BEST POSSIBLE RESULTS
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SKILL, INTEGRITY & DEDICATION
What Makes Us Different?
Our team is well known for its advice to body corporate clients, its focus on construction litigation, and its expertise in property disputes. We are experienced in resolving complex disputes of significant value through negotiated settlements, court proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution.
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Our team is well known for its advice to body corporate clients. We have acted for bodies corporate in some of the most significant defect claims and repair scheme cases in New Zealand.
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Grimshaw & Co has a strong focus on construction litigation. We have acted on significant claims before the Weathertight Homes Tribunal, District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, including cases that created important legal precedents.
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We have developed expertise in assisting owners affected by public works. Whether owners wish to apply for early acquisition or require assistance in respect of a fast-track infrastructure project, or anything in between, we can assist.
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The firm has negotiated out-of-court settlements for body corporate clients throughout New Zealand and has acted on matters that have proceeded to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court that have created important legal precedents.
Our Legal Team.
Our lawyers are specialists in their field, focused on dispute resolution across building defects, construction, insurance, property, and related areas of law.
OUR COMMITMENTS TO CLIENTS
Information for Clients.
Learn more about the information we provide to clients under the New Zealand Law Society Conduct and Client Care rules.
Terms of Engagement.
We pride ourselves on providing a cost-effective professional service to our clients. Our Terms of Engagement have been developed to clearly set out our professional relationship with clients when accepting and acting on client instructions.
If you have any questions about how the information outlined in these documents affects your professional relationship with us, please contact us.