Aldridge & Ors as Trustees of the SL & KM Aldridge Family Trust v Boe [2012] NZWHT Auckland 27 [pdf, 202 KB]
...stage had been reached with the building work. Mr Flay, giving evidence for the Council, said such a property visit was a s 41 (Building Act 1991) audit. It was not a final inspection commissioned by the property owner. [49] The Council’s permit consents and its building inspections undertaken up to September 1997 are all time barred. [50] The claimants allege that the Council was negligent in its property inspection in early 2000 in not observing the ground clearance d...