16 Aug 2019
HARVEY v TASMAN DISTRICT COUNCIL [2019] NZHC 2025
- Citation
- [2019] NZHC 2025
- Court
- High Court
The appellant was personally liable because he signed application forms containing an express undertaking to pay the water connection costs, the Council was entitled to rely on that signed representation, s 252 LGA 2002 does not restrict recovery to the registered proprietor alone, and substance prevailed over form given the appellant's control and conduct.