About the Practical Guidance
Resource Management Law module
Have all your practical legal tools in one intuitive
online portal with Practical Guidance. Access a vast collection of
resource management law matters, to save you time and streamline
your legal research.
Practical Guidance Resource Management Law covers 11
topics, 30+ subtopics with overviews, over 100 guidance notes, and
70 checklists, forms and precedents. Relevant legislation and cases
are also included, displayed in an intuitive format so you have all
your practical legal tools in one place.
The module covers essential information on resource
consents, regional policy statements and plans, planning documents,
Māori and resource management, enforcement and offences and the
Environment Court process.
- 11 Topics
- 34 Subtopics each with Overviews
- 137 Guidance notes
- 7 Precedents
- 52 Forms
- 11 Checklists
- 172 Cases
- 450 Legislative references
- 200+ Read More links
- Key concepts
- Key authorities / bodies
- Interrelationship of planning documents
- National planning documents
- Other relevant legislation
- Regional policy statements / plans
- Resource consents
- Māori and resource management
- Nationally significant proposals
- Environment Court process
- Enforcement and offences
- Environmental and Resource Management Law
- New Zealand Resource Management Appeals
- New Zealand Forms and Precedents
- New Zealand Law Reports
- New Zealand Legislation
- Unreported Judgments
James
Gardner-Hopkins - Russell McVeagh
Partner,
National Resource Management Team
Qualifications
LLB (Hons) BSc University of Auckland, Admitted to practise in New
Zealand in 2001
About James
and area of expertise
James has significant experience in environmental litigation
(including judicial review), legislative reform and major project
work. He has experience includes advising on development projects,
district and regional planning matters for a wide range of clients,
and local government process and procedure.He has represented
clients in environmental litigation at Council, in the Environment
Court and in the Higher Appellate Courts.
James also frequently presents at seminars and conferences,
contributes articles and case notes to the Resource Management Law
Journal and is an active member of the Resource Management Law
Association, as well as being the current author of the Hazardous
Substances chapter of the LexisNexis Environmental and Resource
Management Law looseleaf and text book.
