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.
Department of Building and Housing website
Department of Building and Housing website: Weathertightness section
Consumer Build website: Leaky buildings section
BRANZ (Building Research Association of New Zealand) website
BRANZ (Building Research Association of New Zealand) website: Weathertightness section
Courts of New Zealand website: Judicial decisions of public interest
Ministry of Justice website: Judicial decisions online section
Ministry of Justice website: Tribunals section
High Court Rules (containing Code of Conduct for Expert Witnesses)
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