Summary Update on Case Law
- Making sense of the Supreme Court in Port Otago and East West: a return to overall broad judgment?
- A judicial exploration of sandmining, diffuse discharges and wetland identification: when science and law don’t play nicely
- Case potpourri: some other decisions of interest
Presented by Mary Hill, Partner, Cooney Lees Morgan
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
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Chair
Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams
Learning Objectives:
- Analyse recent environment and planning decisions, including Port Otago, East West, and emerging science-law tensions
- Understand how evolving case law affects planning approaches, judicial reasoning, and regulatory practice
Presenters
Mike Doesburg, Partner, Wynn Williams
Mike is a resource management and environmental law specialist who advises private developers, infrastructure providers and local authorities. Mike has experience advising on obtaining and implementing resource consents for large and complex subdivision proposals. Mike also regularly acts for clients on complex planning matters, including appearing before council panels, the Environment Court and High Court. Mike has been identified by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner in projects and resource management. Mike is the Chair of the Resource Management Law Association Auckland Branch Committee and Co-Convener of the Auckland District Law Society Environmental and Resource Management Committee.
Mary Hill, Partner, Cooney Lees Morgan
Mary is a Partner at Tauranga law firm Cooney Lees Morgan. She advises local authorities and private clients on all aspects of resource management law and works closely with councils on a range of policy, strategic and probity issues. Mary appears regularly in the Environment Court and higher courts, including the Supreme Court. She is the designated Protected Disclosures Officer for a local authority under the “Whistleblowing” legislation and acts as an independent facilitator of community disputes. Mary also has expertise in competition, regulatory and information law and holds a Masters in Commercial Law specialising in those areas. Mary is a past President of the Resource Management Law Association. In that role she worked closely with stakeholders and central government on the RMA and wider system reform proposals. She has a particular interest in working with local authorities to ensure they are well placed to inform, influence and most importantly implement system reform.
