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Adina in the Press
18 May 2021, Radio New Zealand – Plaintiffs seek compensation from James Hardie over leaky buildings
17 May 2021, One News, TVNZ – Homeowners speak of emotional and financial toll as the trial against James Hardie opens in the High Court
17 May 2021, NZ Herald – James Hardie trial. “Dr Rot” warned James Hardie about its cladding
17 May 2021, Stuff – James Hardie trial begins in the Auckland High Court. Adina Thorn organised the class action claim and arranged litigation funding
16 May 2021, Stuff – James Hardie trial due to begin in the Auckland High Court. Adina Thorn is leading the class action lawsuit
14 September 2020, One News, TVNZ – Fair Go: Adina Thorn comments on Council getting it wrong
6 September 2020, Stuff – Adina Thorn comments on the national leaky home crisis
10 August 2020, Stuff – Adina Thorn Lawyers bring a funded class action for Mountain View Apartment owners who have faced huge repair costs on what may the country’s most expensive leaky building.
26 July 2020, Newshub – Adina Thorn is concerned about the issues and the interests of the home owner victims affected by the Southern Motorway works in Conifer Grove and surrounding areas.
19 April 2020, The Sydney Morning Herald – Former shareholders of collapsed ASX and New Zealand listed Intueri Education group have launched a class action led by Adina Thorn Lawyers
20 February 2020, Stuff.co.nz – Rohan Havelock comments on sunset clauses in homebuyers contracts
27 November 2019, NZ Lawyer Magazine – Adina Thorn Lawyers, LPF Group ready class action over failed education group
25 November 2019, NBR – Adina Thorn Lawyers brings good news to Intueri investors
19 November 2019, Stuff.co.nz – Adina Thorn Lawyers proposes a class action to seek compensation for shareholders of the now-worthless Intueri Education Group
18 November 2019, NZ Herald – Intueri directors, promoters face class action run by Adina Thorn Lawyers
18 November 2019, National Business Review – Class action to be filed against Intueri directors.
25 October 2019, New Zealand Herald – Construction Insurance: Rohan Havelock comments on contract works policies and insurance in relation to the Auckland SkyCity fire.
4 August 2019, Stuff.co.nz – Leaky Homes: New Zealand is in danger of setting up a whole new generation for disaster.
18 July 2019, New Zealand Herald – Leaky building litigants succeed in their latest round against building cladding manufacturer and supplier James Hardie over its Harditex, Monotek and Titan products
14 July 2019, Stuff.co.nz – Recent hearings in the Adina Thorn Lawyers led Plaster Cladding Class Action (against James Hardie) and Shadowclad Class Action (Carter Holt Harvey) see judgments in favour of the plaintiffs.
2 June 2019, Stuff.co.nz – Home renovation blow-outs lead to legal settlements
19 April 2019, Scoop – James Hardie Plaster Cladding victims sidestep James Hardie’s Irish defence
21 April 2019, TV3 News – Supreme Court decision keeps James Hardie companies in Plaster Cladding Class Action
The Third Party Litigation Funding Law Review – Edition 2 – New Zealand, co written by Adina Thorn.
29 March 2019, Law News – Adina Thorn talks to LawNews about the business of funded class actions.
20 February 2019, Radio NZ – Adina Thorn speaks with Radio NZ about damaged homes alongside the NZTA Southern Corridor Improvements project
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February 2019, BAYLEYS Total Property Magazine – Adina Thorn comments in Bayleys Women in Property article
13 December 2018, STUFF – Court of Appeal battle won in leaky homes claim against James Hardie
13 December 2018, NZ Herald – James Hardie loses bid to stop $250m cladding class action brought by Adina Thorn Lawyers
28 October 2018, Radio New Zealand – Steel & Tube must repay customers, says Adina Thorn
27 October 2018, Insurance Business NZ – Adina Thorn calls for Steel & Tube to indemnify property owners
24 October 2018, Newstalk ZB – Adina talks to Larry Williams about Steel & Tube’s $1.885 million dollar fine and what it means for property owners
24 October 2018, Stuff – Lawyer Adina Thorn proposes class action for property owners with Steel & Tube earthquake grade mesh after District Court fines Steel & Tube $1,885 million for misleading representations
24 October 2018, Infonews – Lawyer Adina Thorn says she expects today’s court decision and fine of Steel & Tube will encourage more property owners to join the proposed funded class action
23 August 2018, TVNZ – Adina Thorn Lawyers brings steel mesh class action as manufacturers plead guilty
23 August 2018, Infonews – New Canterbury homes may be affected by non-compliant steel mesh says Adina Thorn Lawyers
22 August 2018, New Zealand Herald – Adina Thorn is interested in speaking to home owners affected by roadworks on State Highway 1 near Takanini, to understand whether there is a case for a class action
17 August 2018, Stuff – Adina Thorn Lawyers encourages home owners to sign up to a class action lawsuit against steel mesh suppliers, in the wake of a fine handed down by Court
6 August, 2018, TV3 NewsHub – Adina Thorn files class action against Carter Holt Harvey on behalf of homeowners with Shadowclad cladding.
6 August, 2018, Stuff – Adina Thorn Lawyers files a multi-million dollar court action on behalf of owners of properties constructed with Shadowclad.
6 August, 2018, Scoop Business – Class action for building owners with Shadowclad filed today by Adina Thorn Lawyers
8 July, 2018, STUFF – Adina Thorn comments on the advantages if a specialist building court, with a panel of skilled judges was to be created in New Zealand
4 July, 2018, STUFF – Test Hut used in leaky building legal action. Adina Thorn Lawyers has class actions for both owners with Shadowclad properties, and James Hardie plaster clad buildings
19 December 2017, NZ Herald – Real estate agent found guilty of misconduct after not disclosing house contaminated with P
13 December 2017, NZ Herald – Real estate firm reaches financial settlement with family who bought house next to drug rehab centre
3 December 2017, Stuff – Cancer sufferer’s pinning her last hopes on a leaky home class action
28 November 2017, National Business Review – James Hardie loses last bid to stop class action suit from leaky-home owners
27 November 2017, Stuff – James Hardie loses last bid to stop class action suit from leaky-home owners
20 November 2017, Stuff – Call for Australian-style ‘opt out’ class action lawsuits
2 September 2017, NZ Herald – Couple sue big real estate firm for $280k
1 September 2017, NZ Herald – Partial victory in defective building case against James Hardie
1 October 2017, NZ Herald – New legal action launched against councils on leaky homes
3 October 2017, Stuff – Adina Thorn calls Councils to account with funded class action opportunity
16 July 2017, Stuff – Homeowners register for interest in potential class action against Shadowclad cladding product
12 July 2017, Radio New Zealand – Leaky building lawyer Adina Thorn talks to the Panel on Radio New Zealand about why so many builders and dodgey operators are not prosecuted
4 June 2017, Radio Live – Shadowclad faces class action from homeowners – Adina Thorn talks with the team on Radio Live
29 May 2017, Newshub, TV3 – Shadowclad homeowner shocked by extent of problem. Adina Thorn Lawyers, seeks registrations of interest for Shadowclad class action
29 May 2017, Stuff – Homeowners prepare lawsuit against Carter Holt Harvey for leaky homes
28 May 2017, Newshub, TV3 – Warping Shadowclad faces class action from homeowners
23 March 2017, NBR – Defective building products could be rife throughout the building industry
5 December 2016, NZ Herald – Property Report: Watergate: the rot continues
5 December 2016, Newshub – Faulty steel mesh: Commerce Commission takes legal action against three companies
5 December 2016, Stuff – Commerce Commission to take three firms to court over steel mesh
22 November 2016, Newstalk ZB – Mike’s Minute: Leaky home owners deserve more help
21 November 2016, NZ Herald – Leaky building owners say cladding defects ‘gut-wrenching’ as class action gets underway in Auckland
21 November 2016, NZ Herald – Leaky building class action being heard in Auckland
21 November 2016, NBR – James Hardie class action begins in Auckland with liability arguments
21 November 2016, TVNZ – $250m leaky building class action hearing begins in Auckland
21 November 2016, NZ Herald – James Hardie class action begins in Auckland with arguments over where liability lies
17 November 2016, NBR – $250m Plaster Cladding Class Action Hearings to start next week
23 October 2016, Sunday Star Times – Opportunist builders, dodgy steel and shonky standards create new building crisis ‘worse than leaky homes’
23 October 2016, Sunday Star Times – Court action on shonky steel mesh creates pressure for government enquiry
20 October 2016, NBR – Judge rules on more claimants joining $250m faulty house claddings claim
10 September 2016, New Zealand Herald – Auckland speculators flipping homes on same day of purchase
1 September 2016, Radio Live – Homeowners demand answers over faulty Steel Mesh
1 September 2016, Radio New Zealand – Home owners join steel mesh class action
1 September 2016, NZ Newswire – Class action underway against mesh makers
1 September 2016, NZCity – Class action underway against mesh makers
31 August 2016, Radio NZ – Lawyer launches class action against steel mesh makers
31 August 2016, Radio NZ – Steel mesh could compromise house insurance
31 August 2016, Rebuild Christchurch – Potential Class Action litigation against manufacturers of 500E Steel Mesh
31 August 2016, Newstalk ZB – Adina Thorn announces launch of steel mesh class action
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31 August 2016, Stuff.co.nz – Construction litigation specialist launches class action
31 August 2016, NBR – Class action likely against Steel & Tube
2 August 2016, NBR – Court decision good news for claimants in action against James Hardie.
14 April 2016, NZ Herald – Property law expert Adina Thorn comments on home at centre of duplex demolition row.
17 March 2016, NZ Herald – Property lawyer Adina Thorn makes comment on landlords legal obligations regarding P contaminated properties
17 February 2016, NBR – Legal fireworks likely for more building products
15 December 2015, Newstalk ZB Larry Williams Interview – $200 million claim filed against cladding manufacturer James Hardie
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15 December 2015, Radio New Zealand – Class action filed against James Hardie
15 December 2015, Stuff – $200 million ‘leaky building’ NZ class action filed against James Hardie
15 December 2015, NBR – Cladding class action tops $200 million
14 December 2015, TVNZ One News – $200m class action lawsuit, the largest in NZ history, filed in court
23 October 2015, NBR – Class actions give voice to victims
28 September 2015, NBR NZ Property Investor – Moves to halt earthquake insurance claims class action
19 August 2015, Architecture & Design (AU) – $100 million leaky building class action against James Hardie gaining momentum
19 August 2015, Scoop – Plaster Cladding class action fully funded
28 July 2015, NBR Property Talk – Leaky building floodgate set to burst
27 July 2015, Scoop – Court decision a boost for Plaster Cladding class action
24 July 2015, NBR – Opening the leaky buildings floodgate
29 June 2015, Auckland District Law Society – Adina was a guest speaker at the seminar “Perspectives on Group Litigation and Litigation Funding”
29 June 2015, NBR – The woman behind the country’s second biggest class action.
26 May 2015, NBR Radio – Cards to be put on the table in leaky buildings class action.
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25 May 2015, NZ Herald – Funding confirmed for class action over leaky homes.
25 May 2015, SCOOP – Defective cladding class action litigation funding confirmed.
25 May 2015, TVNZ One News – $100m leaky home lawsuit targets cladding manufacturers.
25 May 2015, Fairfax Media – Leaky building $100m class action lawsuit gains big backer.
7 April 2015, New Zealand Herald – School’s in for body corporate managers.
4 April 2015, The New Zealand Herald – Ambitious Auckland Transport: Rail link surges ahead.
25 March 2015, New Zealand Herald – Homeowners join $100m class action on leaky houses
19 March 2015, Christchurch Press – Leaky home nightmare for Christchurch woman
18 March 2015, TVNZ One News – Leaky homeowners desperate for action against classing makers
18 March 2015, New Zealand Herald – Leaky home victim urges others to join class action
16 March 2015, The Dominion Post – 400 Home Owners in Lawsuit
10 March 2015, Sharechat – Law firm puts out feelers for class action against cladding manufacturers.
9 March 2015, Lawfuel – Auckland lawyer’s planned $100 million class action.
9 March 2015, Scoop – Registrations for $100 million plus class action.
9 March 2015, TVNZ One News – Law Firm seeks interest in class action over cladding.
9 March 2015, Newstalk ZB. Lawyer Adina Thorn talks about a possible plaster cladding class action.
9 March 2015, National Business Review. Owners of buildings with plaster cladding are being asked to register their interest for a proposed class action at goodcladding.co.nz.
9 March 2015, Stuff. Owners of buildings with plaster cladding are being asked to register their interest for a proposed class action at goodcladding.co.nz.
1 February 2015, Sunday Star Times. Adina Thorn is acting for an owner whose land is being sought for compulsory acquisition by the Bay of Plenty Regional Council under the Public Works Act. The Council project is designed to rehabilitate the Maketu Estuary by turning half of the property in to tidal mudflats. The property has been family owned for 65 years.
26 May 2014, New Zealand Herald, Property acquisitions for the Auckland City Rail Link are well underway. Public Works Act specialist lawyer Adina Thorn comments on valuation differences and the difficulty commercial property owners are facing finding suitable and comparable business premises.
13 May 2014, New Zealand Herald, Property specialist lawyer Adina Thorn acts for many property owners facing land acquisitions under the Public Works Act. She often sees land owners presented with prices lower than their true value.
23 February 2014, Sunday Star Times, Leaky building expert lawyer Adina Thorn says council’s refusal to release documents relating to leaky homes, does not fall within the definitions of their response of legal privilege. This article looks at the current dollar cost to council of the leaky homes crisis.
9 February 2014, Sunday Star Times, Leaky building lawyer Adina Thorn comments on the next potential crisis to hit apartment blocks – sub-standard fire systems in multi-unit dwellings and the secret settlements to homeowners involving professional fire engineers and the Auckland Council.
26 January 2014, Sunday Star Times, Adina Thorn exposes a possible cover-up by Auckland Council as to when they first became aware of leaky building issues. Adina Thorn speaks of her experience winning settlements for leaky building owners.
9 October 2013, Newstalk ZB, Adina Thorn is interviewed by Larry Williams in relation to a landmark leaky building claim between Auckland Council and Unitec and AUT campus apartment owners. Adina Thorn had successfully argued that the apartment owners were eligible for the Financial Assistance Package (FAP) after the Council had originally denied their eligibility on a technicality.
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7 October 2013, Landmark Financial Assistance Package decision goes against Auckland Council
23 August 2013, Newstalk ZB, Adina Thorn comments on Auckland Transport’s property acquisition for the Auckland City Rail Link
29 July 2013, SCOOP, Advice for Christchurch homeowners that may be affected by issues with Council consenting processes
18 April 2013, NZ Herald. Adina Thorn comments on Ministry of Education legal action against James Hardie for leaky school buildings.
12 April 2013, Southland Times. Adina Thorn represents owners in major Queenstown leaky home claim.
11 March 2013, Adina Thorn discusses the cost of leaky homes to ratepayers’, National Business Review.
10 November 2012, Adina Thorn comments on leaky home class action group
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10846306
31 May 2012, Adina Thorn was expert guest speaker at Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Seminar
29 July 2011 SCOOP
https://business.scoop.co.nz/2011/07/29/leaky-homes-package-to-drive-up-building-costs/
17 Mar 2010, NZ Herald
27 Feb 2010, NZ Herald
‘Cancer’ of leaky home has couple reeling
27 January 2011, Press Release
27 January 2011, TV3
https://www.3news.co.nz/Claim-launched-against-leaky-homes/tabid/423/articleID/196191/Default.aspx
Roofing Association NZ 2010 Conference Report
“Defensive roofing” – try to avoid claims (2mb pdf download)