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Councils could be sued over climate change ‘any day now’

Government needs to provide ‘safe legal harbour’ to councils, they say.

Dita De Boni Wed, 09 Oct 2019

It’s only a matter of time before one of New Zealand’s local authorities is sued for damages caused by climate change, according to one of the country’s top lawyers.

Jack Hodder QC of Thorndon Lawyers has written a paper in which he says there is an increasing number of climate change

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Dita De Boni Wed, 09 Oct 2019
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