CAC 20006 v Wallace [2013] NZREADT 46 [pdf, 73 KB]
...a building defects report recommending that the entire house be reclad, and that decayed timber framing be replaced, at an estimated cost of $250,000. [24] Very sadly, Mrs Kern passed away in hospital on 8 December 2010. [25] Mrs Watkinson was carefully cross-examined on the basis that the defendant denied that he was even asked by Mrs Kern whether the home was a leaky house. The witness asserted that she heard the discussion referred to above as she was only about one metre away from...