[2021] NZREADT 7 - Sharma v Brake (12 February 2021) [pdf, 421 KB]
...is concerned, amongst other things, with the way in which real estate agents discharge their responsibilities when they are appointed as agents of one or other of the parties to an agreement for sale and purchase. The reference to work done or services provided “in trade” in s 4 of the Act is to the trade or business of a real estate agent. Even if it is accepted that assurances were given that the house would be repaired, the vendors in so doing were not engaging to carry out r...