NC v MD [2021] NZDT 1348 (12 March 2021) [pdf, 208 KB]
...saying he understood and agreed only to trimming on her property. She says “it could possibly have been a surprise to her” that the loquat tree was removed by her contractors. 7. I find, on the balance of probabilities and from the limited information available, that MD, at the least, gave inadequate instructions and supervision to her contractors and that this amounts to negligence. She is therefore liable in negligence for the reasonable costs of putting NC back into the posit...