The lawyers comments on Quake law don't help.

The article published by the Auckland District Law Society critisizing the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act 2010 does them little credit.  Apart from the points made by the Canterbury- Westland Law Society branch president and the fact that "Extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary legislation" - this legislation has the potential to avoid the farce the leaky Homes legislation has become.
ADLS casts a scary scenario of 'Possible examples', and tries to draw innapropriate comparisons with the Napier earthquake.  But I suspect the nub of the issue is that lawyers might be cut out of the action.
The legal process has virtually hijacked the Leaky Homes process - and questionable 'experts' appear to be 'farming much of what remains. 
The result is that the outcomes so desperately needed, are often severely compromised by the legal and consultant fees.  So the victims still suffer!
Already apparently lawyers and major providers are starting to use even the Canterbury system to maximise their returns at the expense of local providers - so the lack of 'on the ground action' must be concerning local people.
The Law Society would do much better to use their skills to ensure the people who have lost so much get rapid help, quality outcomes - and value for money.  At times like this Governments must govern - and it's results that count, not the legal rhetoric.