BOAC v Auckland Council [2011] NZWHT Auckland 50-57 [pdf, 357 KB]
...building work will be completed by reasonably competent builders and to take into account that with the Broadwood villas project, a building company of some substance was involved. [28] Heath J in Sunset Terraces,6 whose decision was upheld on appeal by the Supreme Court, defined the duty of a local authority as follows: In my judgment, a territorial authority owes a duty of care to anyone who acquires a unit, the intended use of which has been disclosed as residential in...