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.
Putman vs Jenmark Homes Limited & Ors
Walton & Anor v Holden & Ors
Close v Hitex Plastering Ltd & Anor
Widdowson v Bekx & Or
This Determination was appealed to the District Court - click on the link below for the District Court decision
Waipa District Council v Widdowson & Anor [PDF - 66KB]
District Court, Hamilton: CIV-2005-072-000019
Reported: [2007] DCR 33
McQuade v Young & Ors
This Determination was appealed to the District Court - click on the link below for the District Court decision
Young v McQuade [PDF - 988KB]
District Court, Porirua: CIV-2004-099-000392
Reported: [2005] DCR 673
Baldock and McLeod vs Hutt City Council
Smith v Waitakere City Council & Ors
This Determination was appealed to the District Court - click on the link below for the District Court decision
Waitakere City Council v Smith [PDF - 94KB]
District Court, Auckland: CIV-2004-090-001757
Reported: [2005] DCR 300
Yim and Anor v Gold Directory 1995 Limited
Tucker & Ors v Tucker & Ors
Milligan v Robert Brown Developments Ltd & Ors
Miller-Hard v Stewart & Ors
Mulcock v Williams & Ors