Thomas v Auckland Council [2012] NZWHT Auckland 45 [pdf, 110 KB]
...develops. [28] The case focused on the developer’s role in directing the development, a necessary ingredient to pierce the corporate veil (in that case) but it also referred to the developer’s commercial purpose. [29] Finally in this voyage through the authorities, there is the recent decision of Woodhouse J in Keven Investments v Montgomery. 8 In that case a couple built a home intending to live there, but later sold the property. They were sued as developers....