11 Feb 2013
JOHNSON V AUCKLAND COUNCIL HC AK CIV-2010-404-837
- Citation
- openlaw-5005982f_806f_40bb_9324_6d5e071d1406.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Plaintiffs were contributorily negligent because they failed to take reasonable steps (inspect council records, obtain pre-purchase/building reports or negotiate protective contractual conditions) despite evident risk indicators and the peculiar circumstances of a mortgagee sale; causation established between plaintiffs' failures and their economic loss; measure of damages for the council's tortious negligence is the difference between purchase price and market value of the property in its defective state at date of purchase (diminution in value), and plaintiffs' recoverable sum is reduced to…