18 Jun 2021
PALMER v HEWITT BUILDING LIMITED [2021] NZHC 1460
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 1460
- Court
- High Court
Part 4A statutory warranties are implied into the residential building contract and do not create personal liability for an individual who was not a contracting party; there is no implied civil remedy in damages under other Building Act duties beyond Parliament's enacted regime. However an individual builder who personally carries out or supervises building work owes a tortious duty of care to take reasonable care to meet the standards of a reasonable builder (generally those in the Building Code) and to ensure work is consentable and demonstrable to the consenting authority. Applying that du…