Due North Trust v Gardner [2011] NZWHT Auckland 64 [pdf, 262 KB]
...for sealant to be applied to the mitred joint by the manufacturer. He commented that these mitre joints were not something building inspectors would usually pay particular attention to as they would be reliant on the manufacturers doing their job properly. He said that if the joint was open at the time of inspection it would have been obviously defective and should have been picked up. He was unable to say that this was the case however as the joints may well have failed subseq...