27 Jun 2022
BODY CORPORATE 355492 v QLDC [2022] NZHC 1494
- Citation
- [2022] NZHC 1494
- Court
- High Court
The bathroom pods allegations, first pleaded in the 6th amended statement of claim (22 Feb 2019) and amplified thereafter, amounted to a fresh cause of action requiring investigation of different facts and thus fell outside the 10‑year longstop in s393 Building Act 2004 (last relevant act/omission dated 19 Sep 2007); 'proceedings' in s393 is to be understood as the claim/relief the pleading advances for limitation purposes (consistent with interpretation in Orewa Grand), the WHRS assessor application does not stop time running for non‑weathertightness claims, and therefore the Associate Judge…