The Auckland High Court delivered an interim decision where the body corporate and a number of individual proprietors and lessees of units at Sunset Terraces sued the Council, developers and the designer in negligence and sought substantial damages. They were successful against the Council and the developers, but all their claims against the designer failed.
Kevin Kilgour has been appointed as a new Member of the Weathertight Homes Tribunal and will be based in Auckland. Kevin Kilgour will join the current Members of the Tribunal in determining issues regarding leaky homes.
Note that these decisions were not made under the 2006 Act by the Tribunal, but instead they were made under the 2002 Act by adjudicators at the Department of Building and Housing.
Godinich v Guan Thye Heng Co Ltd & Anor
Kelleway v Insar & Ors