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New Zealand Case Law

Pre-trial inspection/testing
  • 26 Mar 2019

    ANDERSON v DE MARCO [2019] NZHC 570

    Citation
    [2019] NZHC 570
    Court
    High Court

    Under r 9.34 the plaintiffs were authorised to carry out the testing set out in the Wutzler report subject to protective conditions: testing may commence from 29 May 2019 within specified hours; plaintiffs must provide 21 working days' notice of the builder who will accompany the expert; defendant and his experts may attend; plaintiffs must immediately make good any damage in accordance with good trade practice; and exterior cladding removal was not authorised (interior removal permitted). This balance permits reasonable investigative testing while protecting defendant's property rights and a…