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Bella Vista case: Judge hands out $150,000 in fines for Building Act breaches 28 Apr, 2021 04:55 AM 3 minutes to read Former director of Bella Vista Homes Ltd Danny Cancian. Photo / File A judge has dealt out more than $150,000 in fines to parties found guilty of Building Act breaches linked to the failed Bella Vista development. The sentencing comes more than a year since the District Court trial started and more than three years since 21 homes in the development were evacuated by the Tauranga...

The Bella Vista subdivision in Tauranga. His failed company was also convicted in a reserved decision last year but has not been fined. Cancian is now on a jobseeker benefit but the judge said that was not a compelling reason for reducing the penalty. Bruce Cameron and his company The Engineer Limited were convicted on six charges each and have been fined a total of $90,000. Judge Paul Mabey said Cameron had failed his obligations at the highest level. Blocklayer Darrel Joseph will have to...

More Bella Vista costs revealed as ratepayers bill climbs 18 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read The tops of all 16 Bella Vista houses on Lakes Boulevard have been earmarked for removal. The tops of all 16 Bella Vista houses on Lakes Boulevard have been earmarked for removal. Tauranga ratepayers have paid more than $6 million to help cover the city councils prosecution and operational costs following the Bella Vista Homes fallout. And ratepayer representatives say people are "fed up" ...

Both were acquitted on four charges. The Bella Vista Homes debacle began after Bella Vista Homes went into liquidation in November 2017. From there council inspectors found building defects and unsafe construction despite some being signed-off by council inspectors. This resulted in a $14.2 million buyout of the homes by Tauranga City Council, as well as a raft of charges being laid against companies who carried out work on the development. The Engineer Limited, along with its director Br...

Bella Vista Homes trial defendants learned their fate today.

Bella Vista Homes trial defendants learned their fate today.

Bella Vista Homes developer and others guilty of breaching Building Act - Judge 10 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 7 minutes to read An empty section after some Bella Vista homes were removed. Photo / File The judge who presided over a five-week trial amid allegations five parties involved in the failed Bella Vista Homes subdivision breached the Building Act has released his verdicts. Judge Paul Mabey QC convicted developer Danny Cancian of breaching the Act in relation to three of the pro...