25 Mar 2019
ROBERTS v JULES CONSULTANCY LIMITED [2019] NZHC 555
- Citation
- (2019) 21 NZCPR 163
- Court
- High Court
The Court found the second defendant, acting in trade as the body corporate manager and as the alter ego of Jules Consultancy, made factual representations that the only weathertightness issues related to walkways and had been rectified; those representations were objectively misleading and deceptive given contemporaneous records and expert evidence showing systemic weathertightness defects; the plaintiff reasonably relied on those representations when completing purchase; both the director and the company are liable under ss 9 and 14 of the Fair Trading Act 1986; damages to be assessed at a…