Tweeddale v Pearson [pdf, 405 KB]
...Pearson and Ms Tucker entered into a construction contract with Humphries Construction Limited to build a house at 9 Ake Ake Avenue Palmerston North for $142,732.67 inclusive of GST. [6] On 23 April 1998 Mr Pearson and Ms Trucker applied for resource consent for a discretionary activity. [7] The contract provided that the builder shall carry out and complete the whole of the works in a thorough and workmanlike manner to the reasonable satisfaction of the owner, in strict a...