New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Inspections

Legal area

Court

5 Aug 2020

TECHNOPAK LTD v MONZEAL LTD [2020] NZHC 1940

Citation

[2020] NZHC 1940
Court

High Court

The Court ordered Monzeal to provide the original electronic CAD files to Technopak's agreed eDiscovery provider subject to executed confidentiality undertakings; inspection need not occur in the presence of Monzeal representatives; Mr Shane Reckin was permitted to inspect the files provided he executes a strict undertaking, inspects only at Technopak's solicitors' or counsel's offices, and is prohibited from copying; defendants' counsel, solicitors and experts may copy documents solely for purposes of the litigation and must not disseminate them beyond authorised persons; parties may agree f…
30 Apr 2008

BODY CORPORATE 188529 AND ORS V NORTH SHORE CITY COUNCIL AND ORS HC AK CIV 2004-404-3230

Citation

openlaw-b1901200_b11e_41c4_922b_2df1b188b645.pdf
Court

High Court

The Court held the Council owed a Hamlin-type duty to persons acquiring units where the intended use was disclosed as residential; the Council breached that duty by failing to establish a proportionate inspection regime and by issuing interim and final code compliance certificates without reasonable grounds as to waterproofing (decks and parapet/wing walls), causing loss. The Body Corporate lacked standing to sue for damage to individual units beyond common property. The developers owed and breached a non-delegable duty for negligent construction/supervision; the designer did not incur liabil…