Finn and Anor as Trustees of the Angela Poynter Trust v Chen [2011] NZWHT Auckland 40 [pdf, 261 KB]
...cavity. Page | 10 Claim against the Developer and Designer [21] The claimants submit that Mr Chen was at all material times the developer of the property as he was responsible for the design and building of the home. [22] The Court of Appeal decision in Mt Albert Borough Council v Johnson1 is authority for the proposition that a developer owes a non-delegable duty to an intended owner of a home to properly supervise the construction of the home. Cooke J, and with wh...